The Bear Republic ( a.k.a. California)
Tom Trigo -
American Location Scout
"Smoked my stuff and drank all my wine. Made up my mind to make a new start,
Going To California with an aching…. in my heart.”
- Led Zep
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Drove out of the coastal
fog and into the
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Scourge of local environmental
groups, stalks of
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An ideal day along Rt 1, not
a cloud in the sky; Lucia.
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Flowering grasses carpet the
hillsides, Santa Lucia Mts.
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Fog, not smoke, moves
inland; road to Cone Peak.
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Modest cottage motel
perched above the sea, Lucia.
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Strong wave action,
few swim here, Lucia.
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No place in North America
smells as sweet
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Rough hike required to get
here but well worth it.
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Cuidado amigos, it’s a
long ways down.
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A blessed summer afternoon
in the heart of the
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Might not be a mansion
but we call it home
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Good vibes here, people waved;
Main Street, Guadalupe.
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California is also part of the
“Old West”. Windmill
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Rt 41 at Cerro Alto
campground, Morro Bay.
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Grape growing on a scale
that dwarfs all other
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Much regret that I didn’t
ask this retired hipster
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The much-ballyhooed California
lifestyle begins here;
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Mass-production of marigolds,
Santa Maria valley.
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“And the bells in the
belfry will chime, as
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Decision time at junction of
Rt 1 and Rt 101, Gaviota
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A dead end road at the
base of the Santa
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Thick smoke from the Zaca
Fire envelops Santa
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Spared (this time) from the
fire, homes in Malibu.
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Malibu coastline looking
SE towards La-La land.
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“Non”-rush hour traffic,
Pacific Coast Highway, Malibu.
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Jogger or thief? Never know
around here, Santa Monica.
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Birds-eye view of
the Santa Monica pier.
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Picturesque streetscape, Ocean
Ave., Santa Monica.
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Hollywood Boulevard, “a fantasy
world of celluloid
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I’ll have my people talk to
your people, or maybe we
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Security wouldn’t let me in,
said they’d never heard
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Downtown Los Angeles
skyline at twilight.
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Typical of all commercial
avenues throughout the
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Employee entrance, rebuffed by
security here too,
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How much is a ticket
to Santa Rosa, NM?
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