California, here we come

PART 10
  • California, here we come
    California, here we come
  • THE NATIONAL OLD TRAILS ROAD, a precursor to Route 66 from 1912 to 1926, followed the course of the National Road in the east and railroads and Indian trails in the west for more than 3,000 miles coast to coast. | WIKIPEDIA
    THE NATIONAL OLD TRAILS ROAD, a precursor to Route 66 from 1912 to 1926, followed the course of the National Road in the east and railroads and Indian trails in the west for more than 3,000 miles coast to coast. | WIKIPEDIA
  • BOTTLED UP In Oro Grande, California, Elmer’s Bottle Tree Ranch invites curiosity-seekers to wander its two acres of glass and metal whimsies at will. Our favorite: an array of rusting typewriters, inviting creativity by camera.
    BOTTLED UP In Oro Grande, California, Elmer’s Bottle Tree Ranch invites curiosity-seekers to wander its two acres of glass and metal whimsies at will. Our favorite: an array of rusting typewriters, inviting creativity by camera.
  • WILDFIRE IN THE MOUNTAINS The Summit Fire, which scorched thousands of acres in San Bernardino County, was allegedly started July 10 by the use of illegal fireworks, a county fire official told the Victorville newspaper.
    WILDFIRE IN THE MOUNTAINS The Summit Fire, which scorched thousands of acres in San Bernardino County, was allegedly started July 10 by the use of illegal fireworks, a county fire official told the Victorville newspaper.
  • TAKE ME HOME Fans of John Denver—like Barbara—know that the singer-songwriter’s life journey took him from his birthplace in New Mexico, to Fort Worth and Lubbock, Texas, to Aspen, Colorado and ultimately to his final day, in California—but finding his star on the HollywoodWalk of Fame right beside where we’d parked our car was a song-worthy moment of serendipity. Just substitute“California”for“West Virginia” in the famous song; the syllables work perfectly.
    TAKE ME HOME Fans of John Denver—like Barbara—know that the singer-songwriter’s life journey took him from his birthplace in New Mexico, to Fort Worth and Lubbock, Texas, to Aspen, Colorado and ultimately to his final day, in California—but finding his star on the HollywoodWalk of Fame right beside where we’d parked our car was a song-worthy moment of serendipity. Just substitute“California”for“West Virginia” in the famous song; the syllables work perfectly.
  • California, here we come
    California, here we come

    If America’s Route 66 would come to be known as The Mother Road, then the National Old Trails Road was the grandmother.

    First laid out from Baltimore, Maryland, to Los Angeles, California, in 1912 with extensions into New York City and San Francisco, it was an early success of the Good Roads Movement that had lobbied for auto-worthy routes since the 1890s. Marked with redwhite- and-blue signposts, …