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Lets say you were going to the Point Reyes Peninsula... You would pass by this Russian style summer home built over Tomales Bay; Lipnosky's Dacha.
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Anyone who permanently dwells in a dacha is colloquially called a dachnik (дачник); the term usually refers to a whole distinctive lifestyle. [ source: Wikipedia ] Traditionally, dachas have been used as getaways from the City for middle to upper-class Russians.
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And don't expect to hire a launch. More likely you [me] should expect to be reminded that you are [I am] on private property, in the kindest and most gentle of ways. But I did get my 6 image hand-held panorama before being shooed off.
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So, there it is. Elephant Mountain, or Black Mountain as some call it. Protectorate of West Marin. In the foreground is Lagunitas Creek, near its terminus with Tomales Bay. The hills right now couldn't be any greener.
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