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Subject: [Leica] A walk in Bixby Park
From: lluisripollquerol at gmail.com (Lluis Ripoll)
Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2012 21:55:37 +0200
References: <926A4569-F4BC-4FC1-A093-BE30B748A517@acm.org>

Nice serie Herbert, the last one is my favorite

cheers
Lluis

El 10/10/2012, a las 23:59, Herbert Kanner escribi?:

> Bixby Park is in Palo Alto, adjacent to San Francisco Bay. Palo Alto  
> recently abandoned its garbage dump, an eysore, sometimes a  
> smellsore, but often a seagull heaven. Our garbage is now being  
> trucked to a more fortunate town, and Bixby Park is being extended  
> into the former dump--it's a work in progress.
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> Recently, I saw a notice that there was a new geocache in Bixby  
> park, and I set out. It appeared to be well into the newlyexteded  
> portion.
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> First, we go up the hill.
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/herbk1/L1002517.jpg.html
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> The park is full of strange artwork. Those stones are an example,  
> but theoretically functional, as they are said to point to the  
> runway threshold (for the prevailing wind).
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/herbk1/L1002518.jpg.html
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> Another piece of artwork.
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/herbk1/L1002521.jpg.html
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> I take the most plausible branch in the trail and run into this,  
> with the cache 0.13 miles straight ahead.
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/herbk1/L1002523.jpg.html
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> A view on the way back.
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/herbk1/L1002524.jpg.html
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> On the way back, I saw the trail branch I should have taken, but it  
> was an extra half mile round trip and it was getting late, so I  
> decided to leave it for Friday, when I will have a companion.
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> C&C welcome.
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> Herb
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> Herbert Kanner
> kanner at acm.org
> 650-326-8204
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