"Stephen McMahon" > wrote in message
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> Actually
> driving thru some part of CA between Phoenix and LA, it really was
> amazing.
> Beautiful green rolling hills, it looked like I was driving thru Ireland!
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>
> I'm *guessing* that you maybe took a little detour off the 10 Fwy at Palm
> Desert, like maybe even Frank Sinatra Dr. to Hwy 74 which you took over
> the pass in the San Jacinto Mtns and eventually ended up in the San Berdoo
> Nat'l Forest near Idyllwild and Lake Hemet. THAT is one of the prettiest
> drives in SoCal. Yes, it does remind a little of the Emerald Isle.
>
>>
> Someone told me that 'beauty' (the 'green' part) doesn't last long and
> that,
> that area dries out pretty bad shortly there after for the summer. We went
> in March.
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>
> Yes the wild barley grass goes 'gold' in summer, but not really dried-out
> brown. I drove it last June and it was still vibrant green.
>
> My next drive will be Hwy 395 thru The Owens Valley mid-to-late Oct.
> There's a lake valley off the High Sierras, called Lake Lundy (just North
> of Mono Lake) where, if conditions permit, the fall colors are spectacular
> (well for California, anyway):
>
> http://www.worldofstock.com/closeups/NAU1942.php
>
>
> --
> SM
Actually I don't remember us getting off the main drag. It was just really
pretty for a ways there. I also remember seeing some serious wind farms!
Pretty incredible.

Chris
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