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At the Pinnacles National Monument
December 28: Today, bright and sunny, inspired us to make an outing to the Pinnacles National Monument near here. Managed by the US Department of the Interior, this is an excellent hiking area, formed by volcanic and earthquake activity. Very strenuous and a rewarding view once we completed a mostly uphill hike which included a trek through a very dark and tight cave. A flashlight was required in order to get through the cave. I am left with the opinion that this is a place all should visit, and it would be preferable to do it at a much younger and fitter age!
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December 24-25 We locked up the trailer and drove to Fresno to spend Christmas eve and Christmas morning at the home of our nephew and his wife. We joined Ray's sister Carole and her husband Jim for an overnight stay. Christmas eve was enjoyed along with at least 20 other people who gathered for a Cuban Christmas eve dinner of, among other things, roast pig, rice and beans.
We arrived back in San Benito about noon Christmas day in time to experience another one of the many earthquakes (minor ones) that happen here daily. Many are a 3 or 4 magnitude on the Richter scale. Others are as low as 2 or 3. It seems to be something that the locals pay little attention to.
Seismically, this is a very active area. Where the San Andreas fault heads NW, it intersects with the Calaveras fault,which goes NNW from there. USGS map covers a fairly large area, and shows 60 earthquakes in the past seven days. Almost ALL of these are along the San Andreas Fault, SSE ofHollister.
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December 21: We left Manteca, CA after an enjoyable breakfast with Wilhelmina and the gang (I say "gang" because there are sooo many people who attend the weekly Sunday breakfasts.) Wilhelmina's kids, grandkids, great-grandkids all gather and enjoy each others company. We left in the rain and arrived in the rain at San Benito TTN which is near Holister, CA and about 100 miles southwest of Manteca. We'll be here through January 3.
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