September California Trip
9/9/2024

   2nd stop   

Lake Isabella

Had to drive by this lake when we changed from highway CA-178 to CA-155.

Thought I might as well take some pics.

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   3rd stop   

Garcés Baptismal Site

Three miles north of this point was the site of the first recorded Christian baptism in the San Joaquin Valley.

On May 23, 1776, Padre Francisco Garcés, earliest non-Indian in this area, baptized an Indian boy whom he called Muchachito at a Yokuts Rancheria in Grizzly Gulch.

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   4th stop   

Pine Flat Dam & Lake

The dam and everything immediately below it were closed to public access.

I took all of these from a small park just a little downstream from the dam.

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   5th stop   

Confluence of the North Fork Kings River with the Kings River

This location is 35 miles upstream from the dam.  Beautiful, but tiring drive. 

Especially when you have to do it both ways.

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