kickin' around on a piece of ground in your home town

team: Young
member: Nancy
location: Orchard City Green - Campbell, Ca
item: Town Square Clock

We wrestled with the idea of this being a town square, but since so many functions for the city of Campbell are here, the PD and Library are here and it's so close to the main drag we figured this is Campbell's town square.  The trees kind of hide the clock, and it's hard to get close because of the construction for the War Memorial - but here it is!

Today was a lazy day, even if we did do a big walk downtown we felt like we had  frittered and wasted the hours in an offhand way.  ;-)

Town square clock

Team Fresno
Team member - Dana
Location - Reedley, Ca

This clock is located right in the center of town, it's claim to fame is having been featured in a scene in Road House with Patrick Swayze. I tried to find a clip of it on YouTube but had no luck, I haven't seen the movie so I can't tell you for certain, but research on several movie sites says this is the one :)

Town Square Clock

Team: Snap Happy (Jen, Chrissie and Mallory)
Team Member: Jennifer
Location: Copperopolis, CA

Photo credit: Roy Vogel

On the return home from Columbia, hubby and I stopped at a cutesy little town in Calaveras County. This is the NEW Copperopolis. The old town is just a stop on the road with some churches, bars and stores. 

Copperopolis Town Square is  a whole new town with a historic past. Embracing its proud heritage and cherished way of life as a once thriving 1800's mining town, Copperopolis Town Square has been reborn as an all new blend of shops, restaurants and residential lofts. 

Designed around a traditional, pedestrian-friendly town square, the timeless architecture and covered walkways harken back to another era, yet provide all the luxury and convenience of a modern retail setting.

Just to prove a Team Member actually appears in the top photo, here is a detail enlargement of the same shot.

And a bit of history: Copperopolis is famous for the shack on Jack Ass Hill, where Mark Twain is purported to have written one of his most famous works, The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County. Author K. Martin Gardner expounds on this literary history, and Twain's friendship with renowned scientist of the time, Nikola Tesla, in his novel of the town's name,Copperopolis.