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california, summer of 1969 dust and dirt sticking to the ice cream running down her wrist in the july heat. far away from hollywood, not ritzy or glamorous. a small town in southern california, where the youth hitch hikes to the beach -- anything to get to the water. the barefooted girl in the backseat is rolling a blunt on her surfboard while her friend is filling up the yellow chevrolet for 28 cents a gallon. the smell of weed mixed with lemon ice cream and the salty ocean breeze is traveling up her nose as martha reeves & the vandellas plays in the background -- the only cassette in the convertible for the entire summer. california meant to america what america meant to the rest of the world. no dreamscape better inspired dreamers. that period of time in her life will be the best of all. taken on 35mm color film in sun valley, california