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Descanso Gardens - May 07

Abandoned Places – Hwy 58 to Route 66

So many roads less traveled exist out there. This isn’t one of them. The California Hwy 58 corridor between Barstow and Bakersfield is one of the busiest, non-interstate highways in the US. Because of its level of use, CalTrans (California Dept of Transportation) has been steadily working at the road by expanding many of the two lane sections and eliminating chokepoints. In layman’s terms, this means removing homes, bypassing communities and sterilizing the area of any roadside character. That being said, we took a trip out along the 58 heading east towards Barstow with the intention of mainly driving along Route 66 beyond what we’d seen already. Instead, we found things along CA Hwy 58 that we’d not anticipated. Angie badgerphone, my daughter Brenna persephone1313, my son Chris and I went a wandering in May and here’s what we found.



EDIT:
Before cruising down the 58 we made one stop at the Revere Extrusion Plant (ruins) to show the site to Angie. She posted photos on her LJ much closer to the visit than these, but while scouting the site for safety, I found a 5 to 6 foot long Great Basin Gopher Snake. If you’re phobic of snakes do not look behind the first cut, proceed to the second one.

( Slitherly Thing )

( On the road again )

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