.......a well-written and enjoyable conclusion to a description of an epic journey.

Glad you found Cholame and the James Dean Memorial Junction. You were rock-throwing distance from the San Andreas Fault at the junction--it crosses CA 46 at the base of the very hill Mr. Dean came screaming down in his Porsche, seconds before the wreck. So, two earth-shaking events occurred there. Coincidence? I think not.

At Lost Hills, you passed through the Kern County oil fields, which are some of the older developed oil fields in the US as well as the location of much of the so-called Naval Petroleum Reserve. Next time by, you might enjoy the oil field museum in Taft, CA. I wanted to go there in 2007 but was bound by other scheduling issues to skip it.

You of course traversed the pass known as "The Grapevine" in the vicinity of Santa Clarita, and then descended into the LA Basin. In 2007, I kept north of the San Gabriels from Victorville, past Palmdale, to and beyond Santa Clarita, enroute to Ventura/Oxnard and my son's US Navy Base.

Again, great work, and I can hardly wait to read about your next journey.

Foy