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Comfortable idiot here. Oakland was my home for many years before OUSD pushed us through the tunnel. Our first place was in Temescal and the lake is kind of magical and unexpected in the hubbub. Also dug Lake Anza

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Me too: a child of comfortable idiocy 🤝

Those little reservoirs really are magical now.

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I made a couple of those 🙃 the rim trail above the Lafayette reservoir is really nice

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Such an interesting read! Thank you for all the research and writing!

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Thank, Bridget!

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…what an amazing series you got here…

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Aw thanks so much, man. That means a lot coming from someone so rooted in the east bay!

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...truly unbelievable man...you into east bay yesterday?...

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Hah, I actually met Liam from EBY in the History Center in the Oakland Library doing the research for this series!

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...i did a boat tour he ran about a year ago and it totally ruled...that is super cool man...what a dope world...

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Bravo on all your research. Sure makes me miss Lake Temescal. I did so many loops there over the years.

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Thanks so much, Sarah. It really is an amazing place.

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Really interesting stuff. Thank you for writing it!

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Thanks so much, Henriette. Appreciate this.

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