I sure do remember the East Irvine Country Store. I took a bunch of shots of San Diegans passing it, just before the road was widened. The store is now stuffed & mounted across the street, in the parking lot of the old bean cannery, which is now a La Quinta Inn !!! My wife & I stayed there in February; the desk clerk made me initial that our room was " ... on the railroad track side " of the motel. Apparently the uneducated have complained about the noise from Surfliners blowing by @ 60 per...
As for orange trees in Orange Co., the City of Orange actually planted a small grove in Hart Park, so you can remember what they looked like.
Hey, do you ever come over here to the wet side ( Auburn, WA ) ??? If so, give me a shout - georgewandrews@ comcast.net . I'll buy you a beer & we can talk memories. If I can ever get my slides back from that A$$#*!E Steve Barry, I'll show you the W.F. Daylight shots I bagged, as well as the Disney Daylight & Union Station Daylight.