Ridgecrest, United States

... I couldn't take it. One of the big news things that happened while we were here was the Charles Manson murders.  Ridgecrest is only about 50 miles from Barker Ranch, where these crazies were caught.  I'm not sure if I remember this happening ...

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... daughters near Santa Barbara on the Californian coast. The temp was under 30 too which was a nice change. We are now in Ridgecrest, staying with another Internet contact. This is a small town in the Mojave desert. We are here because we planned to drive ...

Hello all, We made it to the desert! Tomorrow we will go into the Death Valley and onto Vegas on Monday. Given the distances and that it is Columbus Day weekend (even though Columbus was never close to US) we are taking precautions and getting closer. ...