Ontario, CA (FSR Training), Oct 21-25

Another rather boring training. Well, the training was full of stuff, it was the town that was boring. Ontario is an ugly, crowded, hot, desert. I tried to drive up into the mountains thinking there would be some hiking trails, but even that wasn't pretty. No need to ever return here!


 

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