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Well it’s not actually a hearse — I was just kidding about that to make the headline sound like Salman Rushdie’s famous fatwa-worthy manuscript. This ghastly paint job is actually on a black pickup truck seen in Trump’s parking lot last weekend. I can’t really make out if that is a shrunken head hanging from the real-view mirror or not. We didn’t wait around to see if the driver had “half of the tackle box pierced into his face” (to quote Dennis Miller), but it wouldn’t have surprised me. The whole burning-in-hell effect sorta creeps me out. Click on the photo for a larger view.

Last year we went to visit the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley. At the end of the tour, they take you to the West side of the building where this spectacular panoramic view of West Simi Valley can be seen. The view extends from the far left hand side where the Reagan Tomb is located to the far right hand side looking due North and overlooking the Air Force One Hangar below the line of sight.

Last Saturday saw us up and about the Palos Verdes Peninsula as we visited some of the scenic landmarks. We made a stop near Point Vicente Lighthouse where I set the little camera on a fencepost to capture this photo (click for a larger image).

The Lighthouse was constructed and activated in 1926 and it is still operational today. The light was sweeping the horizon when we were there. We were standing on the grounds of the Point Vicente Interpretive Center which contains a museum and is a whale watching site. Last year we sighted one gray whale as it was migrating from the Bering Sea to the breeding grounds in Baja California from a cliff near here.

I took this shot last Saturday from the Point Vicente Interpretive Center. As we stood there on the cliffs watching the waves, this handsome bird soared just overhead as it rode the updrafts above the cliffs.

The Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis californicus) is the smallest of the eight species of pelican, although it is a large bird in nearly every other regard. It is 42-54 in (106-137 cm) in length, weighs from 6-12 lbs (2.75 to 5.5 kg) and has a wingspan from 6 to 8.2 ft. (1.83 to 2.5 m).

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