Alamere Falls

Awesome photo, even if I do say so myself. I was sooooo happy to have this spot to myself on Monday morning. Without a doubt, this is one of the premier natural settings in the Bay Area. I can't tell you how disappointing it was when, on my last visit(probably 15 years ago), Patti and I came upon a all-male nude volleyball tournament happening on the beach below.

Re: optical distress caused by Rose Garden Mosaic---sorry about that. I didn't feel like going thru every single image, so I mashed them all up. Maybe I should have embedded a secret message or something to make it more compelling.

Re: Giant Postcards--The example in question measures 6x9 inches. The "standard" size in the 1960s was 4x6. So the "Giant", being 125% larger, probably deserves the moniker.

Mother's Day Placeholder Post

M'Kulu and Ken Ernest

From the Grasshopper Archives
Columbia Wholesale Supply "Giant Post Card" #J-541

From 1907 until 1953, the California Alligator Farm sat across from Los Angeles' Lincoln Park. It moved to Buena Park and reopened in 1955. Some time later, the young Grasshopper experienced the farm's reptilian wonders, including M'Kulu, then the largest Nile Crocodile in captivity.

M'kulu and Ken headed east when the Buena Park location closed down. The Croc migrated to "Jumbolair", the ranch/zoo/airport of Nautilis Fitness magnate, Arthur Jones.

Ken went on to work at the Black Hills Reptile Garden...not far from Dinosaur Park in Rapid City. He was recently written up in an OC Register article entitled When Alligators Roamed Orange County.