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Jun 20, 2009 - Calico Ghost Town, California

We left Fairfield, California at 6am.We left Fairfield, California at 6am....

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Mar 6, 2009 - Boron, Ca

The weather has changed! Temps are anywhere from 57 degrees to 32 degrees depending on the altitude.The weather has changed! Temps are anywhere from 57 degrees to 32 degrees depending on the altitude....

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Sep 24, 2007 - Borax Factory's Visitor Center

On the way East through California, on route 58 through the Mojave Desert, we saw a billboard inviting us to stop at the Borax Visitor Center in Boron, so we did! The woman at the gate was glad to see us, as was the couple volunteering at the visitor center. ... Boron was used back in ancient Egypt for cut glass at least. ... Thre was a whole panel of products containing boron (Borax is the company name - like how we call tissues Kleenex) on a wall in the center with displays of products - simply amazing! From there, we stopped in Barstow where one of my mother's brothers lived and died at an early age in 1962. ...

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