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If you haven't traveled Highway 99 up the San Joaquin Valley recently, believe me when I say it's a bummer. Once the major north-south highway through California, before Interstate 5, Highway 99 is now obsolete and overcrowded. Listen to your uncle and take some other route if you can. A few weeks ago we had to drive 99 because we were going to a family reunion in Calaveras County but we got off on secondary roads as soon as we could. We turned off at Merced and took highway 59, an absolutely delightful byway through the Sierra foothills. The best part of this route is that it took us through Possum Corner and right past my old hog ranch northeast of Merced. When I was slopping pigs there 50 years ago the neighborhood wasn't what you would call shoddy. It was even worse. Now it's next to the brand-new University of California at Merced and boasts dozens of upscale homes. Possum Corner is nearby on Yosemite Highway which is State Route 140. There is only one house and a...
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