Slow Sunday Scenes
I noticed that the Los Angeles Times this morning, Sunday, had printed a story of the top places to visit in California. A couple top ten lists populated by all the places that such lists always include - Yosemite Valley, Death Valley, Joshua Tree, some other frequent denizens of such lists - Catalina Island, Balboa Park, Griffith Observatory. Riverside's Cheech was maybe the rare, but very worthy, surprise. These type of lists always seem to be defined by a certain autocentrism, places that are easy to get to, places that are already well-known by people all around the world. Places that, by and large, are smack dab in the middle of the beaten path. I bet that if you were to ask folks who travel far and wide from the beaten path, their lists might look a little different. Or a lot different. I, for instance, can ride away from home in a morning, head up canyon to a little shaded stream-side dell, and be far more content there than i would be in the over-crowded splendor of Yosemi...
