If you're ever in Nipomo and want some farm fresh eggs, you can find
them sold along the roads, such as this 'cash and carry' operation.
This large tractor was used at a neighbors property recently to cut
deep into the earth. This opens the ground up for easy root and water penetration.
This is such a large unit, and the subsoiler actually goes into the
soild about five or six feet.
A very impressive machine to be sure.
This is the main drag of Nipomo, looking East near the Freeway 101 along Tefft street. This is the only street in town I know of that has traffic lights. We have four of them now. the one at the end of this road is the oldest, and it just blinks red and yellow. This town is wide open, friendly and really has a small town feeling, even though we are now almost 14 thousand people. (Update, Dec 2003. There must be a dozen traffic lights in town now, and the traffic is so bad it's like L.A. (well, not really, but it's not like it used to be), this town is enduring growing pains!)
This view of the Nipomo famrland is illustrative of the rolling hills
prevalent here. Nipomo means 'at the foothills' in the native Chumash language.
And the hills in the back of this view are the foothills. Behind these
foothills the Sierra Madre Mountain range can be found. The major crops
here are citrus, avocado, canola oil, and hay. There are also some good
producing vegetable farms. The last century saw exploitation of the mineral
wealth, especially in the form of Jade, Silver and Mercury. Now Nipomo
appears to be poised on the brink of a jump into the technology sector.
A business park with high technology and information systems is expected
to open in Nipomo bringing many high paying jobs to this area settled by
the sons and daughters of the Chumash, Spanish and Okies.
I admit this is not a very well done photo, the sun was in the wrong
area and this mural is shaded. But is is an attractive mural that depicts
the history of Nipomo. the Chumash tribe is shown, along with the early
Spanish settlers, the coming of the stagecoach, and later the train. Nipomo
has an interesting and diverse history, and is a pleasant town to live
in.