In a message dated 7/23/2006 8:16:00 AM Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Yet, you could not believe all the trees when you were out here. I believe you, Marnie, the environment in San Francisco has deteriorated vastly in your lifetime. I on the other hand having grown up in places like Detroit, and Buffalo am amazed at how much better things are now. You can actually swim in the Great Lakes and eat the fish for instance.
-- graywolf ====== Well, that was man made reforestation and you told me at the time how it had once been farmland and it was reforested to back to a more natural previous period. But, I did think, Graywolf, though I didn't say it much, that all the trees in NC looked kind of funny. Sort of like Disneyland. It took me a while to figure it out. My experience is more of the Sierra Nevadas. In NC, I did not see the diversity I have seen in natural, as yet untouched, forests. Also the trees all seemed to be about the same age, come to think of it, and that is another diversity that one sees in natural forests, trees of different heights not just because they are of different species, but different ages. But I am glad NC did that. Yes, it some places it has improved. I do believe one can also breathe in LA now. :-) I remember in my twenties when I went to Disneyland once with some family members, the smog was so thick I could look directly at the sun and I almost passed out. Definitely some environmental laws have improved things back to the way they were some time in the past. However, I was very disappointed when I went to Monterey. Tons of Monterey pines seem to be gone now, lots of buildings with lots of trees and great scenery lost. It was depressing. Last time I saw it I was teenager. Big change since then, and not for the better. Later, Marnie -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
