Where Are the ZMM Narrator's Large Green Slugs? The ZMM Narrator, Not Living In California, Did Not Know Correct Name. Links Yellow Banana Slug Photo Links Below.
“In the morning I am stopped by the appearance of a green slug on the ground. It’s about six inches long, three-quarters inch wide and soft and almost rubbery and covered with slime like some internal organ of an animal. .. All around me it’s damp and wet and foggy and cold, but clear enough to see that the motel we have stopped in is on a slope with apple trees down below and grass and small weeds under them covered with dew or just rain that hasn’t run off. I see another slug and then another—my God, the place is crawling with them. .. When Chris comes out I show one to him. It moves slowly like a snail across a leaf. He has no comment. .. We leave …. “(Cont.Next)
On the old road into Redcrest, CA. The Narrator’s passage does fit the Redcrest Resort. The scene’s location most likely would be near the door of their room. The Redcrest is well back from the highway. From the doors of the rooms there is a long slope down where there could have been plenty of apple trees 32 years ago. New topic: Quite by chance, I asked my son David about the slugs. He had lived in California for about ten years, and said immediately that they were bright yellow and were called Banana Slugs. They may be found in the moist coastal redwood forests where fog regularly waters the foliage. Here are some photos, and information:

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(Photo = 116-1640cz1.5 ...... ZMM Page = 361 ...... WayPt = 442k ~0393ft)