Saturday, October 31, 2009
Who did you hang out with?
Friends, best friends, lunch buddies, that no-good back stabber what was I thinking loser who stole my boyfriend, the cool people, my smart friends, my pot-head friends, the jocks, the soc-ishes, the band members, the lonelyhearts, the wallflowers, the Hinkley crowd, Dagget dudes and dudettes, people with cars, the cheerleaders, the yearbook darkroom types, the straight A-ers, the not so straights... You get the idea. Who were your friends?
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Friday, October 30, 2009
Calico Ghost Town
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Old school house in the Calico Ghost Town. Deserted because the silver mine ran dry. Now it's a really cool tourist attraction.
desert1
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We were somewhere around Barstow on the edge of the desert when the drugs began to take hold. I remember saying something like "I feel a bit lightheaded; maybe you should drive. . . ." And suddenly there was a terrible roar all around us and the sky was full of what looked like huge bats, all swooping and screeching and diving around the car, which was going about a hundred miles an hour with the top down to Las Vegas. And a voice was screaming: "Holy Jesus! What are these goddamn animals?"
Image courtesy of Jimmy Martin
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
CAN'T STOP HERE!
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THIS IS BAT COUNTRY!
Near Barstow, California
This is a similar sign to the one in the begining of "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Photo by fPat Murray
Mojave National Preserve
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The Mojave National Preserve is located in the Mojave Desert in Southern California, USA. It lies between Interstate 15 and Interstate 40. The preserve was established October 31, 1994 with the passage of the California Desert Protection Act by the US Congress.[1] Previously, it was the East Mojave National Scenic Area, under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Management.[2]
Natural features include the Kelso Dunes, the Marl Mountains and the Cima Dome, as well as volcanic formations such as Hole-in-the-Wall and the Cinder Cone Lava Beds. The preserve encloses Providence Mountains State Recreation Area and Mitchell Caverns Natural Preserve, which are both managed by the California Department of Parks and Recreation.
Impressive Joshua Tree forests cover parts of the preserve. The Cima Dome and Shadow Valley forests are the largest in the world.[3] The defunct railroad depot and ghost town of Kelso is also found there. The preserve is commonly traversed by 4 wheel drive vehicles traveling on the historic Mojave Road.
The climate varies greatly. Summer temperatures average 90 °F (32 °C), with highs exceeding 105 °F (41 °C). Elevations in the Preserve range from 7,929 feet (2,417 m) at Clark Mountain to 880 feet (270 m) near Baker. Annual precipitation varies from 3.37 inches (86 mm) near Baker, to almost 9 inches (230 mm) in the mountains. At least 25% of precipitation comes from summer thunderstorms. Snow is often found in the mountains during the winter.
The California Desert Protection Act (CDPA) of 1994 designated a wilderness area within Mojave National Preserve of approximately 695,200 acres (281,300 ha). The National Park Service manages the wilderness in accordance with the Wilderness Act, the CDPA, and other laws that protect cultural and historic sites in the wilderness.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mojave_National_Preserve
Photo by Ken Lund
Saturday, October 24, 2009
Barstow Reunion at Blogspot
To help people find our reunion information, we have a companion blog at Google's Blogspot. Our Posterous posts will automatically show up at Blogspot. This will help just a little when people search for us in Google.
The Katz
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The swinging hub of a totally dead California desert downtown. Let's go dancin' at the Katz! December, 2003
Photo by conradh
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