In Our Mountain Greenery

Back in San Francisco.

I go up to Clement to get an octopus and some dim sum.

Octopus shop
Dim Sum shop

I leave my iPhone in the Waymo on my Waymo back home – Senile Neil. On the ‘find my Mac’ app I see the phone is on Tolland St. I contact Waymo. They are wonderful, ” Tolland is our depot. Lemme look over the car Sir. I found your phone brother. Just come down and pick it up.” I am so lucky!

Thanks Waymo!

To celebrate phone ‘I once was lost but now I’m found’ scenario, Bebo and I have lunch.

Bebo is a Southern Belle and eats oyster po boys
I get Fried Catfish plate
Rare Downy Woodpecker at the feeder.

James and I head off into the Mountain Greenery where God paints the scenery. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vnkPU2Af9E&list=RD0vnkPU2Af9E&start_radio=1

Jame4s, a mushroom expert, harvests Chicken in the woods.
Beautiful colours
First Camp
River by camp.
We eat octopus and potatoes. awn unusual camp meal.
James finds huge bolets
Cold in the morning.
Abandoned settlement way back in the woods.
Second camp. Could not tell you where it is.

We drive around the Stanislaus National Forest, which is up by Yosemite for 3 days. Rough forest roads, beautiful Fall scenery, we see no one. We don’t know where we are most of the time. California is an incredible state. https://www.google.com/maps/place/Stanislaus+National+Forest/@38.2499716,-120.0829699,22301m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m6!3m5!1s0x809748cbbce65c61:0xc38bd0a09c84cb81!8m2!3d38.2501932!4d-120.0012955!16s%2Fg%2F1tfg7xzc?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI1MTAyOS4yIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D

Lamb, potatoes, chicken in the woods.
Farniente
James finds a Satan’s Bolete. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubroboletus_satanas
iPhone camera’s low light ability is astonishing. No flash here.
Bay Bridge!

Thanks James for being a top companion and for doing all the driving!

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3 Responses to In Our Mountain Greenery

  1. rosemarymulady's avatar rosemarymulady says:

    that lovely smile on James’ face, then to find it was the devil. How cruel is that.

  2. rosemarymulady's avatar rosemarymulady says:

    that lovely smile on James’ face, then to find it was the devil. How cruel is that.

  3. crowdedhouse5's avatar crowdedhouse5 says:

    Hi Neil,

    That was an enjoyable read. The mushrooms are (literally) WILD! Could you eat the Satan’s bolet??? Sounds mean!

    Take care, Paula

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