Day 57 - St Helena: Jack London State Park

Lunch at Les Pascals in Glen Ellen, another of our favourite lunches. Truck angrily looks through the fence. But - the sign clearly says, "NO Trucks on Patio. Dogs OK".

The Farm at Jack London Park. It is always lush.

There were certainly some complicated and intriguing devices invented for agriculture.

It is the feight of Fall in Sonoma - even if officially it's just a couple of weeks to winter!

Kang has officially taken up residence at the farm. Disguised as a tree - he's certain no one will notice.

The Koi Pond. That big grey Koi thinks if he can't see me, I can't see him.

The Ghost Koi of Jack London. These Koi share genetic material with Bigfoot - the camera-jammer gene means it is only possible to get blurry pictures of them.

Quite possibly the clearest picture of a Ghost Koi ever made.

The Ghost Koi swims into the Jack London house.

Palms mix with vines. Only in California.

This indeed is a very special car. They have a secret remote that operates the gate to access this forbidden to all others road. Seems even this purest of historic places has succumbed to the pressure of Wildfire.

The vines still grow and shine in the mid afternoon sunshine. They are oblivious to the goings on at the top of the hill.

Trees grow sideways here.

Jack London Constructed these massive silos on the site to store fodder for the pigs at pig palace. Wildfire has other ideas.

All of the wooden bits of these launchers have been drilled out. Possibly another Wildfire Project.

Acorns grow out of the drill holes. Probably Wildfire.

The launchers.

"Beauty" Ranch. Yeah, that's what they call it.

More evidence of Fall in full gas.

Light falls in a corner of the central building at Pig Palace.

The Team explores the Pig Palace.

The vineyards, ready for winter.

Prickly Pears are an enduring audience to watch over the farm.

 

 

 

 

 

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