by Steve Reiss (Dalmdad Landscape Photography - www.dalmdad.com and https://www.facebook.com/Dalmdad.)
Highway dips are usually worth a stop and look.
This big one, known as "The Texas Dip" , is located outside Borrego Springs near the CA-78/Borrego Springs Road junction.. The San Felipe Wash "flows" through here.
This dip is located in the Sierras, just west of Coulterville on CA-132.
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Know of any good dips?
by Steve Reiss (Dalmdad Landscape Photography - www.dalmdad.com and https://www.facebook.com/Dalmdad.)
Coulterville, CA is a small town in the western Sierra Mountains, between Mariposa and Sonora.
Coulterville was known for its very large "Chinatown" on the outskirts of the town. That Chinatown is thought to have included its very own opium bar.
On the Sun Sun Wo Store:
The Sun Sun Wo Store is the lone remnant of one of
the Mother Lode’s largest Chinatowns.
Built in 1851, the store’s adobe walls were formed
of soil which came from its basement
excavation. Several inches of dirt were placed
over the beamed ceiling which helped insulate
those inside from winter cold and summer heat. It
also made the ceiling fire resistant which
accounts for the structure being one of the few
buildings in Coulterville to survive the 1899
fire intact. The store is named after its original
owners, Mow Da Sun and his son Sun Kow. It was
the largest store in Coulterville under Chinese
ownership, filling extensive orders from the
surrounding mines and ranches, not just the local
Chinatown. The store remained in continuous
operation from 1851 to 1926 and the original
shelves and counters are still inside. At the rear
of the building are storerooms, a blacksmith shop
and the store’s office. Strong evidence points
to part of the office being used as an opium den.
It is located on the corner of Kow and Main,
across from the goats.
The above is mostly drawn from the historical marker nearby.
There are some older pictures of the place here.
These are my pictures of the Sun Sun Wo.
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| October 2013 |
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| November 2007 |
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| November 2007 |
Now, did you see that little comment about the Sun Sun Wo store being across from the goats? That is a timeless reference.
Here is one of the goats back in 2007:
And, here is one of the goats in 2013 along with its noisy cheerleaders.
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by Steve Reiss (Dalmdad
Landscape Photography - www.dalmdad.com and https://www.facebook.com/Dalmdad.)
October 13, 2013: I was driving north out of Mariposa, CA on CA-49; a drive I have done a couple of times.
As I was zooming north, listening to Masters of Reality by Black Sabbath, I saw a couple of things I had never seen before.
First, there was a beautiful white horse laying down in a field. Have to admit as a city-slicker, I don't think I ever saw a horse laying down. It actually worried me; was the horse sick or dead?
So, I got out and watched the horse lay there in the field. I made some noises to try and get its attention so it would move and prove to me that it was not dead.
I caught its attention...
When the horse got up, it started rolling on its back in what, at least for dogs, we call the cockroach position. That I certainly never saw before.
Content with the vibrant health of this horse, I got back into the car and continued north...What did I see next? (coming soon).
