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Adsos Letter

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4. My dad was the Fire Captain at the CDF station and experimental forest there back in the 1970's-80's

Reply to NV Whino (Reply #3)

Mon Dec 7, 2015, 08:12 PM

Dec 2015

We used to go mushroom hunting on the flats/plateau around the station after a rain. An old Italian gentleman showed my dad which ones were safe.

Found lots of arrowheads around there, too.

And rattlesnakes. More than a few.

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Went in search of after-the-rain mushrooms today. [View all] NV Whino Dec 2015 OP

Thanks for the fascinating photos! These are great. CaliforniaPeggy Dec 2015 #1

Gorgeous, NV Whino, and captures perfectly the feel around here after a rain. Adsos Letter Dec 2015 #2

Yep, Las Posadas. NV Whino Dec 2015 #3

My dad was the Fire Captain at the CDF station and experimental forest there back in the 1970's-80's Adsos Letter Dec 2015 #4

Never encountered a rattlesnake there. NV Whino Dec 2015 #5

The rattlers were always small Adsos Letter Dec 2015 #6

I haven't been to the homestead site in many years. NV Whino Dec 2015 #7

It is a hike, and the road is full of switchbacks iirc. Adsos Letter Dec 2015 #8

Photographers will go to extremes to get that photo.... Hoppy Dec 2015 #9

Ha! NV Whino Dec 2015 #10

I really like that second image. Nice tones. alfredo Dec 2015 #11

It was one of those pleasant surprises NV Whino Dec 2015 #12

You take snapshots with a camera, photographs in the darkroom. (old saying) alfredo Dec 2015 #13