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California Gardening: Daily Walks - 2, 1 by SingingWolf

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SingingWolf wrote:
I took this photo not to show off the mountains or the neighbors horse farm, or even the ag preserve, but over that hill in the mid distance is a sacred place. That is where the Bell or Ringing Rock is. It was used to call several small villages of NAI, together for ceremonies or used as a warning. When struck by another rock the Ringing/Bell rock does sound out. Fenced off and protected by Pechanga NAI, these days.
Would have been quite audible before the age of machinery. I can hear the 215 FWY which is about a mile away from us. Used to be able to hear the bells at the elementary school. (Now mothballed.)