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	<title>Rivenrock Gardens Cactus Blog... go to www.rivenrock.com for edible cactus &#187; Environmental</title>
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		<title>Moonrise January 08, 2012</title>
		<link>http://www.nopalcactusblog.com/2012/01/09/moonrise-january-08-2012/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 15:12:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Dicus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Central Coast is relatively unspoiled.... Although it's been travelled and lived in for thousands of years.... it still seems very rural  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>water</title>
		<link>http://www.nopalcactusblog.com/2011/02/26/water/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Feb 2011 21:13:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Dicus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The rain has kept the creeks and ephemeral streams running. The water level in the ground has probably gone up... this is very important in a low-rainfall area such as ours.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tarantula</title>
		<link>http://www.nopalcactusblog.com/2010/10/28/tarantula/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Oct 2010 15:08:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Dicus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ There are a couple of roads known for waves of tarantulas roaming across and down the road... one local surf-spot is called 'Tarantula Point' due to the number of spiders seen there. We know they are males in search of a mate. They time their searches with the coming of rain, so that the eggs have the proper humidity levels.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fogster</title>
		<link>http://www.nopalcactusblog.com/2010/09/11/fogster/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Sep 2010 01:01:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Dicus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ The California Coast can often build up a huge bank of fog... this fog will roll inland until the heat of the day dissipates it. In our case it finds entry into the canyon through the narrow mouth.... one can awaken in the morning in the canyon to a beautiful blue sky with a bright sun, unimpaired by fog... then a short drive to the mouth of the canyon and you are presented with a hundred foot high fog-bank.... [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Low-Tide at Shell Beach</title>
		<link>http://www.nopalcactusblog.com/2010/08/20/low-tide-at-shell-beach/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Aug 2010 20:12:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Dicus</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Central Coast]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The rocks here are very pretty. It looks like a decorated aquarium. It's nice to know that an area like this.. with people scrambling all over the rocks will still carry a good amount of sea-life that is attached to the rocks.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Aspidoscelis tigris stejnegeri-Coastal Whiptail Lizard</title>
		<link>http://www.nopalcactusblog.com/2010/08/14/aspidoscelis-tigris-stejnegeri-coastal-whiptail-lizard/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Aug 2010 06:02:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Dicus</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environmental]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rivenrock Pets]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Aspidoscelis tigris stejnegeri - Coastal Whiptail Vickie came by this little guy in the garden today. We admired him for a bit, and then let him go. He took off like a bolt of lightening. A very pretty animal it is for sure. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>This Most Barren Hill</title>
		<link>http://www.nopalcactusblog.com/2010/08/14/this-most-barren-hill/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Aug 2010 16:15:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Dicus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ the spread of this fog layer normally extends only to the first row of hills that are a prominent feature of the landscape along much of the California coast. The relatively flat areas between the hills and the sea are known as a 'Coastal Plain'. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Paruroctonus silvestrii</title>
		<link>http://www.nopalcactusblog.com/2010/08/12/paruroctonus-silvestrii/</link>
		<comments>http://www.nopalcactusblog.com/2010/08/12/paruroctonus-silvestrii/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Aug 2010 22:55:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Dicus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Paruroctonus silvestrii .... These are the common little scorpions here in California. They are not terribly poisonous... I've been stung by one once.... It feels like a nail has been driven into your skin. It really hurts.... The local site of my strike suffered a necrosis...  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dinosaur Caves from the sea</title>
		<link>http://www.nopalcactusblog.com/2010/07/29/dinosaur-caves-from-the-sea/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2010 18:57:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Dicus</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Boats]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Central Coast]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Environmental]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[ The caves are interesting, beautiful. It seems like you're in another world... one of National Geographic explorers, and strange exotic animals..... it's really pretty cool to just drift like a piece of wood, right up near nesting colonies of birds, seeing seals and sea otters. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Patience My Ass, I&#8217;m gonna kill something!</title>
		<link>http://www.nopalcactusblog.com/2010/07/21/patience-hell-im-gonna-kill-something/</link>
		<comments>http://www.nopalcactusblog.com/2010/07/21/patience-hell-im-gonna-kill-something/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 03:36:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Dicus</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environmental]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[ They are an amazing little creature to watch... they will sit high on a treetop or cliff waiting for the sun to cause the thermal updrafts that they ride so effortlessly.... a simple jump into the breeze... a short downhill glide to build air-current causing lift (the curves of the wings causes a vacuum that actually lifts the animal up), and the animal can turn into the updrafts... letting the upwelling column of air lift the bird up gradually.. [...]]]></description>
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