OPEN ROAD

WENT FOR A TRIP YESTERDAY, TRIED TO STAY OFF HIGHWAYS. LEFT TRACY DOWN GRANTLINE RD. INSTEAD OF GOING UP ONTO HWY 5 WENT ON CROSS COUNTRY. DOWN BY THE SAN JUAQUIN RIVER. TOOK KASSON RD ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTH.
SAW AN INTERESTING THING, A LARGE FARM ALONG RD, FOR ABOUT A MILE BETWEEN FIELDS OR PASTURES THERE WAS AN OPEN SPACE IN WHICH OLD CARS, TRUCKS, FARM EQUIPMENT, AND OTHER OLD MACHINERY WERE LEFT. THERE WERE VEHICLES FROM THE 1920'S TO THE 80'S JUST LEFT THERE TO RUST. VERY INTERESTING. THEN CROSSED THE SAN JUAQUIN AND DROVE THROUGH THE LITTLE TOWN OF RIPON. CLEAN LITTLE TOWN. ANOTHER LITTLE TOWN UP THE ROAD I DROVE THROUGH WAS FARMINGTON EAST OF STOCKTON. TOWN CONSISTS OF ABOUT SIX BUILDINGS, MOST INTERESTING IS GENERAL STORE DRUGSTORE. BUILDING BUILT IN 1880'S APPEARS, INTERESTING THING IS WHOLE BUILDING LEANS TO ONE SIDE, IT HAS 4X4 POSTS ANCHORED TO GROUND TO KEEP IT FROM LEANING MORE. BUT IT IS STILL IN USE AS A STORE. WILL ADD MORE LATER