Chris and I Casita camped at Tecopa Hot Springs and enjoyed the mineral water. An interesting side trip and point of interest is the China Ranch Date Farm. Along with a delicious date milk shake and date bread, there is plenty of candy for your camera at this unlikely oasis in the desert.
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The desert is not kind to old trucks in Tecopa. Add in late afternoon sun and some Photoshop fun and you get some interesting photos.
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This picture was taken in Kingman Arizona on old Route 66.
Here are the Photos I took on my ride to the rally. Info about the rally here.
Here are photos from the USS Midway Museum, located in San Diego Harbor. It is a worthwhile tour for anyone interested in Navy warships and military aircraft. The museum has a self guided audio tour. The headset/player is included in the price of admission. The Docents are mostly retired military men who served during Vietnam and some from Gulf War 1. Click thumbnails to enlarge.
Mission San Diego De Alcala is an interesting part of California’s history. If you visit, bring your camera. There are photo opportunities everywhere.
San Diego de Alcala, the first of the great California Missions, marks the birthplace of Christianity in the far West. It is California’s first church. This remarkable and significant historical shrine provides an understanding and appreciation of the beginning of Catholicism in this corner of the world, so remote from the Mother Country of Spain and yet so similar. More here at the Mission’s Website.
More pics from the Sunday 1/9 Delta drive. This time the camera focused on my lovely bride.
Chris at Al The Wop's in Locke
Biker's, behave
Coffee in the car
Chris and Dan on a levee
Since the sun came out today for the first time in days, Chris and I turned off the NFL Playoffs and headed to the Delta. We came across this old truck in front of a gift shop/coffee house in Clarksburg, CA.
The junction of Highways 41 and 46 are memorialized as “James Dean Memorial Junction.”
On Friday, September 30, around six o’clock, Elizabeth (Taylor), Rock (Hudson) and I and a small group were watching rushes. George Stevens was behind us at his desk by the controls. The projection room was dark. The phone rang. The soundtrack screamed to a halt. The picture froze. The lights shot up. We turned and looked at George. The phone dangled from his hand. He was white and motionless. Death was present in that room. Slowly and with great effort, his voice coming from a long and distant tunnel, George said, “There’s been a car crash. Jimmy Dean has been killed. ” I went numb.–Carroll Baker, costar with James Dean in Giant.
