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aguacaliente
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Topic Author's Original Post - May 20, 2012 - 02:32am PT
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Slide show from a forthcoming book:
http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2012/05/20/sunday-review/20LIGHT.html
The valley supplies half of the fruits and vegetables for the United States. ...
We saw this fruit bowl of America being planted with its final crop of ticky-tacky cookie-cutter houses and gated communities with homes overlooking artificial lakes. ...
Humans were not the only ones struggling for a home. The valley is one of the greatest North American flyways for millions of migrating birds, and their nesting ground has been stripped down to contain almost unimaginably big fields of crops that don’t accommodate animal life. The use of pesticides on this scale was mind-boggling. The Central Valley has provided the dream for many, but it is also deeply shadowed.
The issues in the valley are the global challenges of our generation: water, land use, population, growing economic disparity.
By Ken and Melanie Light. The "final crop" is one heckuva way of putting it.
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zBrown
Ice climber
Chula Vista, CA
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May 20, 2012 - 02:47am PT
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Thanks for the link. I now have both a NYTimes account and a viewing of the slide show. Very stark.
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Dapper Dan
Trad climber
Redwood City
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Jan 14, 2016 - 05:35pm PT
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Yo DMT where in the San Joaquin do you live? I gotta move outta of the Bay Area...
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Jan 14, 2016 - 08:11pm PT
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Very nice selection, DMT.
May I join you--I haven't many, mind you.
Merced River bridges in the boonies (Shaffer RR bridge and Amsterdam Rd. bridge).
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Jan 14, 2016 - 08:12pm PT
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The Merced River descending towards the bridges.
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Jan 14, 2016 - 08:14pm PT
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Fine local taco eatery on Santa Fe at Winton Way, north of Castle Airport.
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Jan 14, 2016 - 08:17pm PT
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Fine up & coming university out in the boonies north of Merced.
Thank you.
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hooblie
climber
from out where the anecdotes roam
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Jan 14, 2016 - 08:28pm PT
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you're a master hoster, dingle toaster
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Chaz
Trad climber
greater Boss Angeles area
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Jan 14, 2016 - 08:54pm PT
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Holiday Inn on The 5, an hour south of Stockton.
110* with 30mph wind blowing agriculture odors and debris, like wheat stalks and chicken feathers, all over the place.
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Jan 15, 2016 - 02:29am PT
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A quick trip down the San Joaquin Valley's main artery, Hwy 99, from Merced County to Kern County.
It's not really on 99, but lies south of Merced near Hwy 152 which connects to 99 in Madera County.
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Jan 15, 2016 - 02:32am PT
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El Nido exists because of cotton and dairy cattle, mostly.
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Jan 15, 2016 - 02:33am PT
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Getting out of Dodge.
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Jan 15, 2016 - 02:35am PT
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Madera/Fresno county line, the San Joaquin River and its refurbished bridge.
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Jan 15, 2016 - 02:38am PT
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Tulare Airfield.
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Jan 15, 2016 - 02:42am PT
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Also in Tulare.
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Jan 15, 2016 - 02:44am PT
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Also Tulare (home of the annual Ag Mfrs. Exhibit).
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Jan 15, 2016 - 02:48am PT
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Soon entering Bakersfield.
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Jan 15, 2016 - 02:51am PT
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South of Bakersfield.
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Jan 15, 2016 - 02:56am PT
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Too far...looking back towards the Grapevine.
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mrtropy
Trad climber
Nor Cal
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Jan 15, 2016 - 06:30am PT
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Summer and winter local produce.
A hawk that that fallen from a nest
Spring time in two more months
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