“She hadn’t traveled to Sacramento for years, and the winding, bumpy journey was fascinating in itself. The weather continued to be chilly, bleak, and damp, but the landscape was inexpressibly lovely to her fresh eyes. As they descended toward California’s central valley, the hills softened and the pine trees began to disappear. The bleached summer grass, not yet returned to green lushness by the rains of autumn, served as a backdrop for dramatic scrub oak trees. Their twisted branches were clot...ted with mistletoe or blanketed in golden-yellow wild grape. Against the dark background of the oak, scattered ailanthus trees sprang out in pale lemon, or an occasional poplar blazed orange fire. Where the dry creekbeds marked canyon bottoms, there were feathery willows, and the entire underbrush was a tangle of low-growing wild peach, dense manzanita, and red-berried toyon. And the views changed constantly. In Calaveras County, the bare hilltops were littered with chunks of dark porous rock.MoreLessRead More Read Less
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