Tehachapi, Ca

After leaving Prescott we decided to make a day of driving to get across the Mojave Desert and reach the cool mountain air of Tehachapi. We expected heavy traffic would be returning home after a holiday weekend and once we passed the turn for Lake Havasu we realized where many of the population from LA had gone. Soon the mountains came into view.


We turned eastward and although we left the traffic we were greeted by the strong winds that turn the turbines that line the hillsides.


We arrived about dusk and Leon was excited to go out to Stallion Springs and check on the progress of the house he had built. We passed the organic farms and grass (sod) growers along the way.




Back at the Moose Lodge we had hoped they might be open so we could visit as this is where Leon first joined the Moose. Tehachapi is quite the town for railroad buffs as nearby there is a tunnel through the mountains where the long trains actually loop around and pass themselves.


It is a pleasant little town where we enjoyed a pleasant night before descending the mountains into the land of warmer temperatures. Good morning, Bakersfield!