I basically posted these because of the colors. I get tired of posting photos with snow in them.
We go once a month down the mountain and get on the freeway and head east for about 10 minutes or so to go to some of our favorite stores. Aldi is one of them. I don't know if you have them where you live but their prices are amazing. We also have narrowed down what we buy at Wal-Mart so we are normally in and out in 15 minutes. Then there is a Ross and an Applebees in the same shopping center. It feels good to get out of a small town and do a little shopping. These photos I took a week or so ago as we left the shopping area to go home.
So my son John works at a big Casino recently renamed Yaamava but was named San Manuel. In the photos I'm showing first is of the casino but this one structure up there in the next photos I finally found out it is the Tribal headquarters . All this property in the hills there belong to the Indian tribe of San Manuel. They even have their own fire department. There are many beautiful homes in those hills.
The last three photos are taken as we are getting off the freeway to go to the shopping center. They aren't on Indian land but I love the views. That mountain in the distance with snow on it is Big Bear. This top photo was taken from the passenger side as we were heading east and i had to take the photo through the windshield. i was surprised it turned out.
The scenery is so beautiful and your mountains so different from the mountains in New England.
ReplyDeleteI'd love to see the mountains in New England...Would even love to do a partial little hike on the Appalachian trail. I do love these mountains.
ReplyDeleteColorful and beautiful photos. What wonderful landscapes!
ReplyDeleteJust WOW! Such beautiful photos and so much color!
ReplyDeletethanks Laura and Maria
ReplyDeleteSandy what spectacular photos! There is a lot of Indian owned land where I come from(Oklahoma) but I didn't know there was any in CA. Love the views. Your photos always show such depth, mine never do!
ReplyDeleteHi Linda - ... Yes California has a lot of indian land and now also casinos. When I was younger and lived in Kansas I think there was a history of Pawnee indian tribes. So just now i went and googled it and here is how any there were...So I imagine Oklahoma was pretty much the same.
ReplyDelete(Kansas is home to Indigenous peoples of the Arapaho, Cheyenne, Comanche, Jiwere, Kaw/Kansa, Kickapoo, Kiowa, Ochethi Sakowin, Ogaxpa, Osage, Pawnee, Peoria, Sauk and Meskwwaki, and Wichita tribes, which once occupied the lands of Kansas prior to colonization)
thanks for your comment.
The world is probably just as interesting from the ridge.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful scenery...I don't blame you for wanted to go into town once a month.
ReplyDeleteCalifornia is so different within a few hours drive.
Snow is suppose to hit the mountains by next weekend and maybe we will get a spritz or two of rain down here in the valley. We sure need it!
Sue
Fabulosos paisajes, con muy buenas vistas de la naturaleza.
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This view looks amazing.
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Sue , wondering if you got snow.
ReplyDeleteThanks all.