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TODAY REALLY WAS A DAY WITH A LOAD OF DIFFERENT STUFF GOING ON..WE WENT OVER OVER TO A NEARBY TOWN CALLED MURPHYS-A LOVELY LITTLE ONE STREET TOWN(360)-(364)..MAIN STREET FULL OF OLD STORES,ANTIQUE SHOPS AND A LOAD OF WINE TASTING ROOMS(365)(366)(367)-WE'RE NOT TOO FAR FROM NAPA VALLEY AND THE WINE TASTING AREA IS ALL AROUND HERE,NORTHERN CALIFORNIA DOES HAVE A THING ABOUT IT'S WINES.ALSO IN TOWN IS THE HISTORIC 'MURPHYS HOTEL AND BAR'-(368)(369)DATING BACK TO 1856,IT MUST HAVE BEEN A GRAND OLD HOTEL IN IT'S DAY-EVEN HAS A SHAMROCK PAINTED IN THE ROAD(370)-REMINDED US OF ALL THOSE '66' SIGNS PAINTED UP AND DISPLAYED EVERYWHERE.(THAT SEEMS A WHILE AGO NOW...)WE HAD A GREAT BREAKFAST AT MURPHYS OUTSIDE IN THE GARDEN AND LATER RETURNED FOR A COUPLE OF BEERS IN THE BAR(371)(372).NOW A LOT OF FAMOUS PEOPLE HAVE STAYED AT MURPHYS,INCLUDING JOHN WAYNE,CLINT EASTWOOD, AND A CERTAIN PRESIDENT ULYSSES GRANT-THEY'VE KEPT HIS ROOM FOR HIM !! (373)(374)(375)..FOR 100 DOLLARS YOU CAN PUT YOUR HEAD DOWN IN THE VERY SAME BED THAT HE SLEPT IN-I ASKED ABOUT THE SHEETS(AS YOU WOULD)-AND YES,THEY HAVE BEEN CHANGED.ALSO IN THE ROOM IS THE SECOND OLDEST SURVIVING PIANO IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA(376)...I KNOW,I KNOW-WE'RE STILL WORKING ON THE EXACT LOCATION OF THE OLDEST ONE.. AFTER MURPHYS WE HEADED A LITTLE NORTH TO THE 'CALAVERAS BIG TREE STATE PARK'-GIANT SEQUOIAS(THERES THAT WORD AGAIN)-DIDN'T SPEND TOO MUCH TIME HERE ,GOT THE QUICK PHOTOS(377)(378)(379)-WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO BETTER THESE LITTLE BABIES- WHEN WE GET TO THE GIANT REDWOODS ON THE CALIFORNIA/OREGON BORDER....ON THE WAY BACK TO JAMESTOWN WE PASSED A CIDER FARM.(380).(MY GOD,BRANDY WHARF HITS CALIFORNIA-SIX WEEKS IN AND WE FINALLY FOUND SOME CIDER FOR YOU PAUL..) IT TASTED EVER SO NICE -BUT THEN CAME THE SHOCKER,IT WAS JUST APPLE JUICE-NON ALCOHOLIC-SOUND OF THE FIAT'S TYRES COULD BE HEARD ACROSS THE VALLEY...
FOOTNOTE: WENT BACK TO RAILTOWN TO SEE IF IT HAD ALL BEEN A DREAM,-NO IT HAD'NT AND NOTHINGS MOVED OR STIRRED THERE YET,I INTEND TO KEEP A DAILY CHECK ON THE PLACE -SOMETHING STRANGE IS HAPPENING IN THOSE SHEDS-I'M SURE OF IT....
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