9 July

20140709 093512 The St. Bernard B&B on Route 36 20140709 063015 has a painting of the Grand Combin and said dogs! 20140709 085422 I chose the blueberry pancakes 20140709 085439 Mark and Rolf enjoying their equally huge breakfasts
DSCN1649 Down the Feather River Canyon. DSCN1650 Mark and Rolf discuss the Feather as a working river. DSCN1651 Siltation behind this dam led to up stream restoration projects in the 1980s. DSCN1653 Pentsock art
20140709 124749 In summer in the Central Valley, always park in the shade! DSCN1654 Lake Oroville is at 40% capacity. DSCN1655 The water is conspicuous in its absence. DSCN1657 At Folsom one must hike to the water's edge
DSCN1658 Trees are migrating downslope. DSCN1660 El Dorado Hills and a boat ramp far from the water now. DSCN1661 Folsom Lake DSCN1662 Grove and Hills
DSCN1664 way in the distance, Pyramid Peak DSCN1666 Jet skis still work! 20140709 165224 We visited the state siesmic monitoring facility 20140709 165315 These instruments are in fact artifacts of an earlier era.
20140709 165404 Earthquakes that just happened anywhere in the world. 20140709 170418 A French map of California geology from the mid 1800's 20140709 170637 An "aide-memoire" on geologic ages 20140709 174639 John Parsons, the state geologist in the IT heart of the operation.
20140709 175828 An accelerometer, with a fake rock cover to reduce losses due to random plinking with firearms. 20140709 190342 Martinis at Frank Fats 20140709 193201 then a walk beneath the freeways to Old Town 20140709 211326 for dinner on the deck of the Rio City Café