I’m in Silicon Valley — most people think this is wall-to-wall people and concrete, but 10 minutes up the road I can be in remote canyons with no buildings to be seen and fifteen miles of wilderness to the ocean. It’s pretty remote and rural from here to the coast with lots of chaparral, manzanita, madrone, sage and redwoods. And lions.
Thanks for the info-I’m one of those who didn’t know there was wilderness that close to silicon valley-it sounds beautiful
This county has no industry but small businesses-mostly carpentry, other construction and cabinet makers and metal and carpentry shops-tourists in summer and snowbirds that spend the winters here, and there has been a moratorium on development to keep it that way for about 20 years-so it is just small communities and rural areas with small ranches and acreage properties like the one I live on with people who like to grow their own food, sell and barter their veggies, arts and crafts, etc at little markets. The river, woods and trails are right behind the properties on this road-about 200 yards.
There are little green meadows/clearings in woods of oak, mountain laurel and juniper, sage and persimmon-limestone bluffs, deer, hawks-and mountain lions, but not as many as where you are.