Category: Highway 395
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Hot Springs. Dates. Slot Canyon. An Aggressive Fly. Turtles F**ing.

Near Death Valley are hot springs the public can use. I stayed at Tecopa Hot Springs for one night. They have different types of rooms/cabins, some with showers and some of the rooms had a little bit of a walk to the showers and hot springs. I booked a room that would have required the…
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Coso Volcanic Field

“Although the youngest eruption was dated at about 40,000 years the robust geothermal system and evidence of a magma reservoir underneath Coso Volcanic Field suggests that future eruptions are likely.”
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Weekend Trip to Lone Pine, California
A long time ago, Westways Magazine by Auto Club, had an issue dedicated to Highway 395 in California. I became obsessed with it, though it would not be until many years later that I would start to actually explore it. It really does have a lot of stunning scenery all along its length. My recent…
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Manzanar

On a recent road trip up the 395 Highway, I visited Manzanar National Historic Site in Independence, CA. I did not even realize the date let alone that it was an unfortunate date, February 19. On that date in 1942, Executive Order 9066 was signed by President Roosevelt. Japanese Americans were all “relocated” to camps…
