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Years ago, there used to be a dip on 680 south of Walnut Creek I think it was. Everyone knew about it, too, because it was fun to hit at...

US-6 curls around Boundary Peak as you drop back into California from Nevada. Go ahead and put Beck's The Golden Age on the player, and...

As you know, I love me a good road, and US 6 is just such a one. Starting (now) in Bishop, CA, it goes the while way across the country,...

So there I am, minding my own business, whizzing along US 6, when I see a bright thing off in the distance. Not being one to ignore a...

Who can resist a Big Boy, even if in name only. My hotel, which was also a casino, contained a restaurant, way at the back, "Behind the...

In my travels, I've kept staying at crossroad hotels to a minimum. No reason really, except for places like this Steven King nightmare:...

Hotey. (Stay tuned.)

I don't know much about Rhyolite, NV, except it's the most godforsaken place on earth, and I've been in west Texas, so I know...

Mountains loom of a sudden while smaller hills slide into view, occluding peaks in transit in silence passing like ships no horns or...

Stovepipe Wells, DVNP, 106F, shade or no, and that's a big no. But it's dry.

For Dave Mills, because he was gonna ask.

There is a stark and arid beauty to Death Valley; exposed minerals, sandwiches of rock turned edgewise, reds and rusts, purple hues and...

Saw a roadrunner. This pic will have to do.

A scene like this explains why I drive better than I ever could. There's something out there I need. And though I'll never get it, seeing...

A good friend, really good friend actually, told me about this place. It runs up to the base camp for the Mt. Whitney trailhead. I found...

Ok, I know you're hanging on every word here and my vacillating on favorite road is inconvenient, if not down right annoying. Point...

The Alabama Hills nestle under the chin of Mt. Whitney as a geologic curiosity. They've been filmed countless times in westerns, and have...

Just before getting to Lone Pine driving south, home of the Alabama Foothills, I passed Manzanar. I was never exactly sure where it was...

Mono Lake defies the geological odds as one of the older lakes in existence. Lakes tend to be short-lived features, geologically...

You'll have to reserve judgement on Bodie until later tonight when I can upload the boatload of pics I took, both color and B&W. It was a...