emily’s favorite tune on the diner’s jukebox was “i am calling you” from the cult movie “bagdad cafe.” “A desert road from vegas to nowhere some place better than where you’ve been A coffee machine that needs some fixing In a little cafe just around the bend I am calling you Can’t you hear me […]
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owned by the larger-than-life personality of tom lewis, tom’s welding is one of the must-see attractions of barstow; the shop is known world wide for the thousands of artifacts from america’s early love affair with the automobile and the railroad. a denny’s sign, each and every one of the state route 66 signs, gas station
he was a cowboy in a time and place when cowboys weren’t needed any more. oh, his dad still had the ranch out on the prairie and ran a few cattle. that was more as a hobby now that he had retired and moved to a house near town just off the highway —
keddie was an idyllic resort — before the 1981 murders. a rustic hotel, bar and restaurant surrounded by cabins, nestled in the woods near northern california’s feather river. they promised a peaceful vacation but then someone killed with bloody abandon a mother, two of her children and a friend of the the oldest boy. nothing
This blog entry might seem a bit unusual even for me but the subject hit me as I sometimes drive around the southwest, so here we go, hometown food establishments in the Mojave Desert that made it big. Del Taco: I have always noticed that there are lots of Del Taco fast food restaurants around
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by Steve Reiss (Dalmdad Landscape Photography – www.dalmdad.com and https://www.facebook.com/Dalmdad.) There are soooo many options… In the Mojave Desert? On a Hotel Patio in Shelter Cove, CA? Or…Driving Through Death Valley? *** Let’s hear where everyone decides? *** Sunset Photos from all over the USA available for license or purchase at our website (dalmdad.com). *** Happy New Year
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Last weekend in September. Calico Ghost town awakens the imagination. It’s part fun and part history and Calico Days is the perfect time to make a visit to the old mining town. The two-day event the weekend of September 28 & 29 – 2013 will include a wide number of activities and shows
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by Steve Reiss (Dalmdad Landscape Photography – www.dalmdad.com and https://www.facebook.com/Dalmdad.) What is the probability that you will ever meet the same desert tortoise twice? I guess the probability is pretty good if you happen to be visiting with the desert tortoises of the Desert Tortoise Natural Area (DTNA) in California City, CA. It was in April 2011, in
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My heroes have always been cowboys Well, I am a cowboy junkie. Any opportunity to mix and mingle with those gents gets me on the road. — not that I need much excuse to go traveling. And mix and mingle I will at Randsburg’s 15th Annual Old West Days, September 17th. A marvelous day
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by Jeffrey Ferraro Many of us would love to be able to strap on a pack and disappear for a few days into the California backcountry at the drop of a hat, but it’s hard to find time. That’s why Californians along the eastern Sierra are so lucky to have the Mono Lake area. It
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