Landmark Adventures

Thursday, January 29, 2015

Death Valley in a '51 Powerglide - part 5 - Stovepipe Wells

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Old Stovepipe Wells   I awoke in the back seat of the Bel Air to find I was the last one up for mom and dad were already outsi...
Tuesday, January 27, 2015

Death Valley in a '51 Powerglige - part 4 - Eichbaum Toll Road

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Eichbaum Toll Road       It had been a long and eventful day and with having to turn back and check on the iron back ho...
Wednesday, January 21, 2015

Death Valley in a '51 Powerglide - part 3 'Burned Wagons Point'

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Burned Wagons Point     We were back in the Bel Air and headed north on the Trona - Wildrose Road about 65 miles to reach the De...
Tuesday, January 13, 2015

Death Valley in a '51 Powerglide - part 2

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Valley Wells   The 'Trophy Blue' and 'Moonlight Cream' topped 1951 Chevrolet Bel Air hardtop was a smooth ...
Saturday, January 10, 2015

Death Valley in a '51 Powerglide

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Death Valley in a '51 Powerglide - part 1   Back in 1955 the Elks Hall in Long Beach , California was the kind of place...
Thursday, January 12, 2012

Pioneer Odd Fellows

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Photo of the more appealing Snoeshoe Thompson Monument Alpine County August 4, 2009 With this landmark we bid farewell...
Friday, January 6, 2012

Kit Carson Marker

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Kit Carson Alpine County August 4, 2009 From the Old Emigrant Road marker we head east on highway 88 for three miles....
Tuesday, January 3, 2012

Old Emigrant Road

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Alpine County August 4, 2009 From Coulterville in Mariposa County we’re going to magically skip across Tuolumne County ...
Wednesday, December 21, 2011

Coulterville

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Mariposa County – August 25, 2009 From the Hornitos (landmark #333) we backtrack and go up Highway 49 which they’re calli...
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The stories of scenic back roads and highways, to trails of low degree, and the serendipitous collage of side trips to some of the 1014 state landmarks I've visited that have sometimes led to what I hope are some cool songs about California’s past.
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