The Wandering Scot
An occasional travel journal
This was the first part of two extended trips across the USA from California to Florida
This section was an all-electric road trip in my loyal BMW i3, from Palo Alto to Phoenix and back.
San Luis Obispo
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| Mission San Luis Obispo
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| San Luis Obispo History Center
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| Bubblegum Alley, a local Eccentricity
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| Pismo Beach
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| Pismo Beach
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| Pismo Beach
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Solvang
A "Danish" town in central California
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| "Little Mermaid" Replica
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| "Little Mermaid" Replica
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| “Three Aebelskiver” (turned into nine)
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| Raisin Bread with icing!
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| Hans Christian Andersen memorial
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Santa Barbara
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| Santa Barbara Pier
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| Old County Courthouse
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| Old County Courthouse
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| Old County Courthouse
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| Old County Courthouse
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| El Presidio de Santa Barbara (1782)
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| El Presidio
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| El Presidio
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Mission Santa Barbara
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| Mission Santa Barbara
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| Interior quadrangle garden
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| Mission Interior
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| Odd "Lightning Bolt" ceiling fixture
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Mission entry from Churchyard
Note the Skull and Crossbone motif
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Ojai
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| Ojai Museum (closed)
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| Ojai Post Office
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Palm Springs
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| A valley oasis surrounded by mountains
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| Palm Trees & Mountains
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| Shields Date Garden
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The Living Desert Zoo and Gardens
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| Bighorn Sheep
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Relaxed Island Fox
Native to the Channel Islands of South California
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| Mountain Lion
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| Mountain Lion
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| Charming Kit Fox
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| American Badger
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| Big Bad wolves
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| Walk-about Wallaby Enclosure
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| Bennett's Wallaby
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| Bennett's Wallaby
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Indian Canyons
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| Palm Canyon: A canyon creek, lined by Palm trees
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| The narrow creek
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| Andres Canyon Entrance
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| Beautiful Red Barrel Cactus
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| The lush Andreas Canyon oasis
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| Varied vegetation
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| A briskly flowing canyon stream
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Joshua Tree National Park
Many, many, exotic Joshua Trees, set in a dry wasteland.
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| A forest of Joshua Trees
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| Large Joshua Tree + Scotsman
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| A rare tall straight Joshua Tree
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| Hidden Valley Trail entrance
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| Hidden Valley crags
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| Skull Rock
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| Skull Rock
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Oasis of Mara
Palm trees were planted by Serrano indians
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Visalia area
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| View from Visalia to snowy Sierra Nevadas
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| An EVgo stop in Visalia
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| Dinuba Walgreens: For my first Pfizer shot
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| Mountains & Orange Trees. East of Dinuba
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| Mountains & Orange Trees. East of Dinuba
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Sequoia National Park
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General Grant Tree
"The World's Largest Tree"
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| General Grant + Scotsman
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| General Sherman upper foliage
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| A Giant Cross-Section
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| A fallen Sequoia trunk
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| Another Giant: The Sentinel Tree
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| Snow on the ground, even in April
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| General Grant Tree
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| General Grant Tree: Upper Foliage
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| A cluster of Giants at the Grant parking lot
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Palm Springs to Yuma
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| Salton Sea
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| Salton Sea
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The Calexico Border Crossing
Closed to tourists, due to COVID-19.
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| Real sand desert, en route from Calexico to Yuma
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Florida
