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Bob Hazy
- Jun 13, 2021
- 1 min
Road Dips
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...
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Bob Hazy
- Jun 13, 2021
- 1 min
A Holy Moment
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...
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Bob Hazy
- Jun 13, 2021
- 1 min
Who Knew: Route 6, a 50-Brother in Spirit
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,...
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Bob Hazy
- Jun 13, 2021
- 1 min
Tonopah Surprise: Crescent Dunes Solar Energy Plant
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...
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Bob Hazy
- Jun 13, 2021
- 1 min
Tonopah Dining
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...
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Bob Hazy
- Jun 12, 2021
- 1 min
Tonopah, NV
In my travels, I've kept staying at crossroad hotels to a minimum. No reason really, except for places like this Steven King nightmare:...
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Bob Hazy
- Jun 12, 2021
- 1 min
Rhyolite, NV
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...
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Bob Hazy
- Jun 12, 2021
- 1 min
Hills Occluding
Mountains loom of a sudden while smaller hills slide into view, occluding peaks in transit in silence passing like ships no horns or...
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Bob Hazy
- Jun 12, 2021
- 1 min
But it's a Dry Heat
Stovepipe Wells, DVNP, 106F, shade or no, and that's a big no. But it's dry.
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Bob Hazy
- Jun 12, 2021
- 1 min
Panamint Springs 131
For Dave Mills, because he was gonna ask.
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Bob Hazy
- Jun 12, 2021
- 1 min
DV NP: Tracy Not Here
There is a stark and arid beauty to Death Valley; exposed minerals, sandwiches of rock turned edgewise, reds and rusts, purple hues and...
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Bob Hazy
- Jun 12, 2021
- 1 min
Why I Drive
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...
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Bob Hazy
- Jun 12, 2021
- 1 min
Tracy @ Whitney Portal Road, Lone Pine, CA
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...
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Bob Hazy
- Jun 12, 2021
- 1 min
US-395, California Edition, Once Again #1
Ok, I know you're hanging on every word here and my vacillating on favorite road is inconvenient, if not down right annoying. Point...
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Bob Hazy
- Jun 11, 2021
- 1 min
Mobius Arch, Alabama Hills, CA
The Alabama Hills nestle under the chin of Mt. Whitney as a geologic curiosity. They've been filmed countless times in westerns, and have...
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Bob Hazy
- Jun 11, 2021
- 1 min
From Whitney's Heights, to Humanity's Low: Manzanar
Just before getting to Lone Pine driving south, home of the Alabama Foothills, I passed Manzanar. I was never exactly sure where it was...
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Bob Hazy
- Jun 11, 2021
- 1 min
Mono Lake, CA
Mono Lake defies the geological odds as one of the older lakes in existence. Lakes tend to be short-lived features, geologically...
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Bob Hazy
- Jun 11, 2021
- 1 min
Bodie, CA
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...
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