Stop and Smell the Roses

It took a flat tire to get me to "stop and smell the roses" last week. Here's more of the scenery along Airline Highway, aka Highway 25, that I saw as I was walking my bicycle home. What other things have I missed on that stretch of highway between Enterprise Road and Tres Pinos School? How about palm trees? And, a yellow barn?

Aloha!

Did I take this photo in Hawaii or Hollister?

Pushing a bike with a flat tire along Highway 25 the other day allowed me to notice things I might not while whizzing by in a car or on a bicycle. There was that yellow barn, for example, and these palm trees one top of a hillside in Ridgemark. 

Park Hill

View of Park Hill from Highway 25

What caused Park Hill to stick up above Hollister's valley floor? Have you ever wondered about that?

The Calaveras Fault skirts along the western base of the hill, so maybe it was pushed up by tectonic activity over millions of year. That's one theory of geologists.

Another theory is that Vista Hill somehow escaped being eroded away by whatever it was that wore down the terrain into a valley.

What do you think?

If you're interested in reading more the Calaveras Fault in Hollister, check out this page at Geology Cafe.com: Calaveras Fault in Hollister, CA.

Xylophones in the Making?

Don't these look like xylophones?

Could this be an upcoming xylophone store?

Ah, if only.

The produce market that has been slowly going up next to Speedee Oil in the shopping plaza on Sunnyslope  Road and Airline Highway is showing signs that it may be opening soon. I wonder what fruits and veggies will be covering the xylophone-looking counters.

Yellow Barn

I saw what looks to be a yellow barn today. A lot of the paint has peeled. But, then, it's also possible that the old barn was wearing yellow lichen. Either way, I thought this yellow barn below the Sunnyslope County Water District office on Airline Highway (aka Highway 25) is rather cool looking.