Capture Calif

Capture California

What is a YOLT? Well, you may have heard the term YOLO. Gary and Sherri think we can live again, not as James Bond, but as being reborn. Consequently, we are having fun in our life, after all, You Only Live Twice.

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Tuesday, May 7, 2013

Adventure 141, Center 01-Barstow

Barstow Welcome Center and Gary

Capture California, the Game-2013
Adventure: 141, Center 01-Barstow
Team: YOLT
Date: May 7, 2013
Location: 2796 Tanger Way, Ste 106, Barstow, CA 92311
Description:
Coming back into California, we stop at the Barstow Welcome Center. It is a bit hard to find, but following the signs, we make it to the Tanger Outlet Center where we find the place. We walk in and grab some brochures for future use. Then it is on our way for our three-plus hour drive to Fresno. Not a bad place to stop and be informed of the area.
Inside the Welcome Center




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Location: 2796 Tanger Way #106, Barstow, CA 92311, USA

Adventure 003, Site 001-Harvey House

Sherri with Plaque

Capture California, the Game-2013
Adventure: 003, Site 001-Harvey House
California Landmark Number: 892
National Registry of Historic Places ID: 75000458

Team: YOLT
Date:  May 7, 2013
Location:
Coordinates: N 34° 54.264 W 117° 01.479
Address: 681 N. 1st Ave. Barstow, California


Description:
Date Built: 1911
Architect: Mary E.J. Colter


Casa Del Desierto
This grand old building, the Casa Del Desierto, was the crown jewel of the Harvey House inn system. Currently the building houses some city offices, the Barstow Chamber of Commerce, and a couple museums. Also, the building serves as an unattended railway station for Amtrak. But when we came by, a little after 5, everything is shutdown. There is what looks like a bag lady wandering about. The place looked a bit creepy. So we took our picture and left.


California Historical Landmark:
"Harvey Houses were legendary in the history of western rail travel.  Operated by Fred Harvey in conjunction with the Santa Fe Railway, the network of restaurant-hotels set a new standard in quality meal service.  Barstow's Spanish-Moorish "Casa Del Desierto, " opened in 1911 and closed in 1971.  It was registered as one of the last and finest remaining examples of the west's famous Harvey Houses.


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Location: 685 North 1st Avenue, Barstow, CA 92311, USA
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