, a famous geologic landmark at Carrizo Plain. Over hundreds of thousands of years, the creek bed has been stretched and shifted north. It is not a real easy drive to get to this place, it is on a bumpy, dusty road and not well marked. We had our DeLorme California Atlas and Gazeteer, which was a big help in finding some of our more out-of-the-way destinations.
when we went to Carrizo Plain, I am pointing to the 2 different tectonic plates. The rise on the left side of the picture is the North American Plate, on the right side is the Pacific Plate. A marker sign in the parking area stated that if a person stood there for 10 million years they would be at the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco! The Pacific Plate is moving northward at 1.3 inches per year, about the same rate that a person's fingernails grow.
