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Look What We Got!
Submitted by Dave on Tue, 06/12/2007 - 2:46am.
Ten years after
Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Thu, 08/19/2010 - 10:03am.
This was my brothers & me in 1970 - Pińon pines, pickup beds and all.
High Desert II
Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Fri, 06/19/2009 - 7:50pm.
That is a pinon pine tree and the boys are holding trout. That looks like the Inyo Mountains in the background. Maybe a day of fishing on one of the creeks in the Owens Valley.
High Desert
Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Fri, 06/19/2009 - 4:55pm.
My guess is the high desert. Desert Hot Springs maybe, or Twentynine Palms -- give or take. Nice looking fish guys. Beautiful sightseeing. Miss it muchly.
California
Submitted by Stone on Mon, 08/20/2007 - 11:51pm.
Judging from yellow plate on the pick-up - and a 1960s date, California sounds right. Probably somewhere in Southern California.
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