California 2002
Sara with Golden Gate Bridge in back ground
Pic 102		 Our car, according the the yanks, this is a 'compact'!
Pic 103		 Shopping mecca in San Fransisco
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Pic 110		 Anti 'war on Iraq' demonstration - not all American's are blood thirsty villians like GWB.
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Down at the warf...
Pic 115		 A pretty city
Pic 121		 here begins a study of the Golden Gate Bridge - a spectacular construction indeed.
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Pic 127		 Good sailing!!!
Pic 129		 Last one of SF
Pic 2002		 Beautiful Lake Tahoe
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Pic 2005		 Good conditions for waterski'ing!
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Pic 2008		 Sunrise over the mountains
Pic 2009		 Lookin up from Emerald Bay.
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Lookin down at Emerald Bay
Pic 2015		 The chipmunk of Emerald Bay
Pic 2016		 Tourist at Emerald Bay
Pic 2018		 Yep, you guessed it - Emerald Bay
Pic 2019		 Lovely wife at Emerald Bay
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Yay - this IS NOT Emerald Bay!! Yosemite National Park.
Pic 2023		 Not a bad spot to have lunch.
Pic 2024		 These photo's do little to capture the splendour
Pic 2027		 One of the smaller Redwoods.
Pic 2032		 this one fell over 300 years ago and was over 1000 years old when it did.
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Photographer gets 'arty'. Heck, in California you have to be!
Pic 2034		 Sara and Mercury. Boy were we sad to give that back.
Pic 2043		 Yosemite defies any attempt at adequate description. You need about 2 weeks to see it all properly.
Pic 2047		 I think we missed a turn off somewhere! And went back in time - population 300???
Pic 2050		 In case you thought naming a town Johannesburg was a fluke, here's proof of the influence. This IS gold rush country.
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Wind farm between LA and Palm Springs. This provides ALL the power for the desert!
Pic 2052		 Our room at the Palm Desert tacky Golf resort. Awesome rooms though!
Pic 2055		 Old town San Diego and thank goodness we ordered the medium sized ones!
Pic 2061		 going up the coast
Pic 2065		 err, Newport I think.
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Marina Del Ray in Los Angeles, I stayed here 20 years ago. It's a bit run down and in need of a few coats of paint but what a location!
Pic 2072		 Santa Barbra
Pic 2073		 Pelican chilling out.
Pic 2074		 Ahhhhh.
Pic 2079		 I wouldn't want to be staying here when the next earth quake hits.
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Pic 2086		 Pelicans are not particularly worried about humans!
Pic 2089		 Highway 1. Not for those who don't like hights!
Pic 2097		 So that's where Artichokes come from. Yummy.
Pic 2098		 Oh dear, Bambi wondered into the car park at Carmel Valley Ranch, another superb golf course.
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Try as I might I am unable to remember the name of this place but it's close to Santa Cruz.
Pic 2117		 Suzi 'n Sara - old friends re-united.
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Pic 2126		 USA in October - Pumpkins anyone?
Pic 2130		 The view from our last residence in Santa Cruz. Really why would anyone want to leave? And that's all folks.
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