Shame on HP. Well if they had kept it, they would probably maintained it by clearing brush. (To digress, would have also laid off other employees to just pay for it.) Summer brush fires, one of the many reasons I left Calif. 22 years 1 month and 20 days ago. To invoke another California meme, it is also earthquake weather. On 8/27/20 11:12 PM, Stan Sieler wrote: > External Email > Hi, > Some of the people on this list (ex-HP people, probably), may have had the > chance to go to "Little Basin", the private park owned by HP. It was adjacent to the Big Basic state park, in the Santa Cruz mountains. > > HP being HP, sold it off after the Compaq merger. (It went to some land > conservation groups.) It was later sold to the state, and merged with > Big Basin park (and connected by a trail). > > Unfortunately, it just burned. > > Not sure if this is beyond a paywall or not, but the story is at: > https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/08/27/fires-destroy-little-basin-campground-a-beloved-part-of-silicon-valley-history<https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/08/27/fires-destroy-little-basin-campground-a-beloved-part-of-silicon-valley-history/?campaign=sjmnbreakingnews&utm_email=1553947994B5C4ACF4D5A5B2DA&g2i_eui=NQZEFN%2f%2fSm49TRYcm%2frmkZtO%2fwLE8xiH&g2i_source=newsletter&utm_source=listrak&utm_medium=email&utm_term=https%3a%2f%2fwww.mercurynews.com%2f2020%2f08%2f27%2ffires-destroy-little-basin-campground-a-beloved-part-of-silicon-valley-history%2f&utm_campaign=bang-sjmn-nl-breaking-news-alerts-nl&utm_content=alert> > > I was there a few times and remember it fondly. > > Stan > This message is not from a UTC.EDU address. Caution should be used in clicking links and downloading attachments from unknown senders or unexpected email. > > * To join/leave the list, search archives, change list settings, * > * etc., please visit http://raven.utc.edu/archives/hp3000-l.html * -- Tracy Johnson BT NNNN * To join/leave the list, search archives, change list settings, * * etc., please visit http://raven.utc.edu/archives/hp3000-l.html *
