SNA to PDX

Clouds over Orange County - you can just make out the John Wayne runway at the bottom.

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Prime real estate: Santa Monica, Pacific Palisades, Beverly Hills, West Hollywood

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Entering the valley: West Hollywood on left, the San Fernando Valley begins middle to right

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Bakersfield - looks like a big silicon wafer, but it's just farm country.

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Lake Almanor left, Mount Lassen Volcanic Park to the right

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Mount Lassen's peak - snowy even in August

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Farmland with Mt Lassen to the upper left.

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Three Sisters in Oregon, Mt Bachelor to the left. (I don't make up these names)

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Clouds over Oregon