You likely would not recognize much of the area with the development
that has taken place. Paso Robles still gets over 100 degrees in the
summer and into the low 30s in the winter. Some things haven't
changed...
The downtown are has been revitalized with a lot of tourist based
business, IE, upscale resturants and boutiques, etc. The earthquake in
2003 took out several of the old buildings, but rebuilding is
progressing nicely. They still haven't figured out how to plug the
smelly spring that started up in the parking lot of the city hall. They
have diverted the water down to the Salinas river, so the sulphur stink
has been removed from the downtown area, unless the wind is from the
east. If you drive through on 101 you would think that Paso Robles has
a bad sewer plant.

There are something like 70 wineries in the area now.

http://www.pasowine.com

has a bunch of info if you are interested.

Thanks again for the info on the DF140.



John H wrote:
On 20 Jun 2005 19:54:08 -0700, "
wrote:

When did you spend time in Paso Robles?

Paso has grown very quickly in the past ten years. The wine industry
has mostly taken over from ranching and dry farming. There has been
national press describing the Paso Robles area as the next Napa. (not
that that is a good thing) Paso is about to surpass SLO town as the
biggest city in the county.

I live in Mudhole, aka, Atascadero.

John H wrote:


Could be worse. You could live in Paso Robles. That would be bad!
--
John H

"All decisions are the result of binary thinking."

I worked with engineer units as an advisor in the '76 to '78 time frame. Used to
spend a good part of the summer at Camp Roberts (or Hunter-Ligget). Actually, I
think Camp Roberts was across the road, but not sure of the relationship any
more. I would go with them on their summer camp and help with training planning
and conduct.
--
John H

"All decisions are the result of binary thinking."