tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22694883.post8057236244338407067..comments2022-12-04T21:08:03.737-08:00Comments on Just Learning to Grow Up.: They've all been bulldozedCraig Carignanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07431639420584905618noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22694883.post-56473560078403044212007-08-26T14:39:00.000-07:002007-08-26T14:39:00.000-07:00I remember watching the bulldozer's make huge pile...I remember watching the bulldozer's make huge piles of the orange trees across the street and then in the middle of the night they burned them. My walk to Gage Middle School in Riverside took me past acres of orange groves that we played in from kindergarten until 8th grade when the houses came. I remember beaning, and being beaned, by many an orange. We'd have orange fights in those groves from sunrise to sunet. To this day I am an EXPERT at peeling even the most stubborn orange. Picking ripe sweet ones too.<BR/><BR/>Last month, while visiting Riverside, I drove around in the the area's I grew-up in and found myself experiencing a variety of maudlin type moods.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22694883.post-51476593058919914052007-08-22T18:09:00.000-07:002007-08-22T18:09:00.000-07:00The summer that I was starting 10th grade at Yucai...The summer that I was starting 10th grade at Yucaipa High, we returned to find NO ORANGE GROVES. They took them all down and replaced them with Chapman Heights. I was so mad, because I loved the way the blossoms smelled. Funny thing is, I guess Chapman Heights is having a lot of foundation problems. Serves em' right. <BR/><BR/>Oh, and if you want to read a cool book about the orange groves and some other really neat stories from the IE, check out Inlandia. Very neat book, Im 3/4 of the way through it. <BR/><BR/>Oh, and Mr Dowling, over off the 60, he never plans to let them take his orchards. They are developing around him, but not on top of him.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07772943556185810887noreply@blogger.com