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Bishop-D Valley 08 Bishop-D Valley 08

1 V'ville-Rburg-Trona

By SpecialK
Apr 07, 2013
97 Photos

Bishop-D Valley 08 Bishop-D Valley 08

1 V'ville-Rburg-Trona

Apr 07, 2013
97 Photos

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080324-4374MorningFwy (On the road early - sort of.)

080324-4376KenwoodCar (The Kenwood exit off the 15 Fwy leads you to some original Route 66 pavement. I'm actually facing the end of it, which is blocked off.)

080324-4381TrainTrash (Most of Route 66 follows next to the tracks. A train is always coming or going. Nice car remnants...)

080324-4382MormonRocks (Just south of Cajon Pass are these formations known as the Mormon Rocks.)

080324-4385MormonRocksBridge (And a train bridge...)

080324-4386MormonRocks

080324-4389EmmaJeans (Changed my breakfast plans. Passed on the historic Summit Inn where I had eaten before, to here, historic Emma Jean's, on the northern fringe of Victorville.)

080324-4393EmmaJeansInt (Some of the customers seemed to be regulars. The waitress called me 'honey'.)

080324-4398EmmaJeansBird (This bird feeder was right outside the window. This is the best of about 6 shots.)

080324-4400OroGrandeCaboose (Not far up the road is Oro Grande, which has some charm, though its mining boom days have busted.)

080324-4401OroGrandeCaboose

080324-4402OroGrandeTrkTrnFctry (Trucks, trains and the cement factory - the 3 ingredients of Oro Grande.)

080324-4403OroGrandeCars

080324-4407OroGrandeCement (The Riverside cement plant.)

080324-4410NofOroGrande (Have not identified this yet, though the neighborly neighbor seemed to know what it was but could not remember when we chatted. There are a few more similar buildings to the right.)

080324-4411BottleTreeRch (Up at Elmer's place at Turner Rd is the Bottle Tree Ranch.)

080324-4412BottleTreeSign

080324-4413BottleTreeRch

080324-4414Helendale (The Polly sign is one landmark in Helendale. The market in the background is the other one.)

080324-4418IntersectionTruck (I cut 8 miles across the desert from Helendale to here, Hwy 395 heading north.)

080324-4419RoadSigns (The intersection ahead is Kramer's Junction. I'm going to Boron.)

080324-4422BoronSign (I'm getting close.)

080324-4424BoronFactory (Edwards Air Force Base, Air Force Rocket Propulsion Laboratory)

080324-4425AerospaceMuseum (I'm going to the 20-Mule Team borax museum next door to this (closed) aerospace museum.)

080324-4426-20MTMusDepot

080324-4428-20MTMuseum (The museum building, and a local boy.)

080324-4429-20MTMusDisp (Knick knacks from the 1920s and '30's.)

080324-4430-20MTMusKitchen (Kitchen odds and ends.)

080324-4431-20MTMusDisp

080324-4433-20MTMusFireDep (Fire department equipment, and a mule portrait.)

080324-4435-20MTMusSignTractor

080324-4437-20MTMusSignRock (Some of the grounds.)

080324-4438PioneerParkTrucks (Across the street at Pioneer park are some large vehicles.)

080324-4440BoronAmerLegion (Down the street at the American Legion post.)

080324-4441BoronAmerLegion (Something is going on around back. I did not investigate.)

080324-4443KramerJctGasSigns (Through the chain-link fence at Kramer Junction.)

080324-4447SOfAtoliaRadar (A few miles up Hwy 395 is this radar installation.)

080324-4448SOfAtoliaRadar (And the other half.)

080324-4450AtoliaBldgsTank (Atolia remnants.)

080324-4452AtoliaHouse (A house in Atolia.)

080324-4455AtoliaBldgs

080324-4457RedMtnSign (Onward to Red Mountain and a mining area.)

080324-4459RedMtnHouse (The side of a Red Mountain house.)

080324-4460RedMtnARCOStn (This was an Atlantic Richfield station.)

080324-4461RedMtnKnickKnacks (More things in Red Mountain.)

080324-4462RandsburgSign (Randsburg is the biggest tourist attraction in the area.)

080324-4463RandsburgBldgs (It is more populated on the weekend.)

080324-4465RandsburgMinePlaque

080324-4466RandsburgMuseum (The museum is only open on the weekend. This is Monday :-()

080324-4467RandsburgInn (Signs of life. We said 'howdy'.)

080324-4469RandsburgPO (The Post Office.)

080324-4470RandsburgBottles (Randsburg's version of the Bottle Ranch.)

080324-4472RandsburgCafe (The White Butterfly cafe.)

080324-4473RandsburgAustinsGarage (Austin's garage.)

080324-4476RandsburgOuthouse (Do I need to spell it out?)

080324-4478Randsburg

080324-4479Randsburg (An unusual house.)

080324-4482Randsburg (A Sparklett's water delivery at the fire station.)

080324-4483RandsburgRMtn (The opera house.)

080324-4485RandsburgPorch (I liked the sign/flowers combination.)

080324-4487RandsburgChurchSide (The church needs a bit of support.)

080324-4494RandsburgJail (The jail.)

080324-4495RandsburgCellDoors (It's a 2-holer.)

080324-4500RandsburgJailHer (The tourist's water bottle is an unfortunate addition to 'her'n'.)

080324-4502RandsburgJailHim ('His'n' is a bit bleak.)

080324-4503RandsburgSkip

080324-4508GarlockPlaque (The abandoned town of Garlock has a prominent earthquake fault named after it.)

080324-4513GarlockRuins (Garlock remnants.)

080324-4517GarlockHills (Down the road, along the Garlock fault which runs east-west, unlike the more-famous and larger San Andreas fault which goes north-south.)

080324-4518GarlockRdCar (Looking south across the desert toward the Randsburg-Garlock road in the far distance.)

080324-4520GarlockSign (At the intersection of Garlock Rd and Hwy 395 was this humorous and out-of-season sign.)

080324-4522GarlockRdInt (Across the road and looking south along Hwy 395 toward Randsburg in the hills.)

080324-4525TeagleWashRR (Searles Station Rd on the way to Trona pinnacles. This is Teagle wash.)

080324-4527TeagleWashRR (The opposite view.)

080324-4528TronaSearlesRds (Near the Searles Rd/Trona Rd intersection, looking southeasterly.)

080324-4529TronaFishRocks (Fish Rocks on Trona Rd.)

080324-4533SearlesValleyMins (Searles Valley Minerals near Trona.)

080324-4535PinnaclesRdSign (After a brief refreshment in Trona, I'm heading to the Trona Pinnacles.)

080324-4542PinnaclesMrkr (Getting closer...)

080324-4543PinnaclesKiosk (At the big turn in the road are these information panels.)

080324-4553PinnaclesLogBook (A visitor log book is in the metal box if you want to sign in.)

080324-4554PinnaclesATVs (Some ATVers.)

080324-4555PinnaclesCar (You can drive around the perimeter, or walk amid the formations.)

080324-4556Pinnacles (The Pinnacles pop up in movies and TV.)

080324-4557Pinnacles (Burrowing your room into the calcium carbonate 'tufa' formation provides cooler temperatures.)

080324-4560Pinnacles (This rock has a plaque, dated 1968, bolted onto it, announcing the Pinnacles are a registered natural landmark.)

080324-4561Pinnacles (Some of the original Lost In Space TV series was shot in the area.)

080324-4562Pinnacles (As was some of the Planet Of The Apes.)

080324-4565Pinnacles (The Pinnacles extend over an area about 1 x 3 miles.)

080324-4579PinnaclesPeople (Explorers.)

080324-4585PinnaclesPeople (It is a bit slippery going up the hard and gravelly surface.)

080324-4588PinnaclesPeople

080324-4592SearlesValley (Looking toward Searles dry lake and Trona.)

080324-4597Pinnacles (Another view.)

080324-4601Pinnacles (More pinnacles.)

080324-4489RandsburgBldgRuins (More mine ruins.)

080324-4477RandsburgMineRuins (Mine remnants.)

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