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[JCZ]

this thread is dedicated to all of those boys and girls that are still not able to ride due to snow, ice, salt, weather, etc.

Terrie had other plans, so I took off this morning and just rode the delta roads.....all within 25 miles of the house.

Passing through the farm land, stopped to snap some pics along the way.  Here's an old ranch house that still has a working windmill for the water well.

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and green pastures for as far as you could see.

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The blue looks very nice.......even when it's filthy.  Following Ernie's motto...."if it's nice enough to wash the bike, it's nice enough to ride".

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and up on the levee road.....

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There is 1,100 miles of levees in the Sacramento Delta, along the rivers, sloughs, canals and channels and most have roads on both sides of the water ways.

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flowers and plants are blooming way early this year.  I hope that translates into a very long sunny season (although it's forecasted for rain the next five days).

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Some delta facts:

Sacramento/San Joaquin Delta Facts

The following information is provided by the State of California, Delta Protection Commission  http://www.delta.ca.gov/

The Bay-Delta is the West Coast's largest estuary, with 57 major reclaimed islands and numerous unleveed channel islands.

•Total Acreage: 491,774 (2002); 322,619 - agriculture; 20,000 - (lost to urbanization between 1998 and 2000)
•Population: 515,264 (2000 Census)
•Counties: Contra Costa, Sacramento, San Joaquin, Solano, Yolo
•Major Cities Partly Within the Delta: Sacramento, Stockton, West Sacramento, and Oakley
•Unincorporated Towns and Villages: 14
•Levees (total mileage, 1987): 1,100
•Rivers flowing into the Delta: Sacramento, San Joaquin, Mokelumne, Cosumnes (These rivers plus their tributaries carry about half of the state’s total annual runoff.)
•Diversions Directly from the Delta: State Water Project, Federal Central Valley Project, Contra Costa Canal, North Bay Aqueduct, City of Vallejo, Western Delta Industry, 1,800+ Agricultural Users
•Water Supply: Drinking water for 23 million people; supports California’s trillion dollar economy (eighth largest in the world) and $27 billion agricultural industry (nation’s number one)
•Recreation: User days annually 12 million, including visitors to 290 shoreline recreational areas, 300 marinas, and about 500,000 boaters
•Transportation: Interstate Highways 5, 80, 205, State Highways 4, 12, 160, Deepwater Ship Channels to Sacramento and Stockton
•Railroads: Southern Pacific/Union Pacific, Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe, Sacramento Northern
•Agriculture (2001): Average Annual Gross Value totals more than $2 billion (CDFA Office of Ag riculture and Environmental Stewardship)
•Main Crops: Corn, grain and hay, alfalfa, pasture, tomatoes, asparagus, fruit, safflower,
pears, wine grapes
•Wildlife: 52 mammals, 22 reptile and amphibian species, including approximately 260 invasive species 225 birds, 54 species of fish,
•Major Anadromous Fish: Salmon, striped bass, steelhead trout, American shad, sturgeon

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A quick stop in Locke.  It was once the largest Chinese settlement in the country.  They used Chinese labor to build all the levees.

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Main St. in Locke...

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These are the original buildings and most unrestored.

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Many, many marinas along all the rivers and channels.  This is one the marinas in Walnut Grove.

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100's of briges....

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Time for a bite to eat at the local deli in Walnut Grove....

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breakfast......a maple glazed honey apple muffin and apple juice.  A typical Calfornia breakfast.

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A picture of Walnut Grove back in the old days, painted on the side of the business next door to the deli.