Sign in the parking lot.
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On the walk up the path to the pagoda, there are piles of rocks everywhere.
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The top rock on this pile had a pattern on it that looked like Japanese writing.
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The pile on the left is the one with the rock with the Asian-style markings mentioned above.
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An active woodpecker hole in a pine tree. Note the ants stuck in the pitch. A zillion years from now, maybe they'll be amber?
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A monument. There was no one around that could explain what the writing says.
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The view from the front stairs of the pagoda.
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The view as you wind the corner walking up the path.
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View from the front steps of the pagoda.
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As you circumnavigate the pagoda, there are four alcoves with statues.
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This is all that remains of the original structure. It was burned by an arsonist. Ironically, the cement foundation behind it holds a zen garden.
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Tadpoles sunning themselves on a ledge in the pond.
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great post! well done!...
sendao · 2008-05-11: 20:56
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Fantastic. #12 is incredible.
sduds14 · 2008-05-13: 11:56
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