cazalea[Seiko Moderator]
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A White Van Man Finds Blooming Monsters in the Wilderness, Part 4
Apr 07, 2016,21:17 PM
The great thing about a driving vacation is that you never know what you will find - USA, England, most of Europe, Russia, Japan, etc. I've driven through these countries and always been surprised. But not so often as in this episode of the White Van Man.
At 7 am we passed through the town of Ranchita and noticed a new resident. Why in the heck is he here? So people like me will take pictures which will be shared with folks who might someday come see Bigfoot.
But down below in the Valley we came to a remote corner of the world called Galleta Meadows. You can read about it here (below) and
here (offsite).
The meadow is populated with huge rusty metal sculptures which exhibit the most creative and bizarre artistic flair!
A San Diego resident, Dennis Avery, bought huge tracts of land in Borrego Springs and put these sculptures in at his own expense, to commemorate these long-ago former residents of the valley.
I'm not sure about the dragon being here though...
I'm not sure there is much I can add at this point, except that our wives should be grateful we only collect watches, and not 140 enormous prehistoric and mythical steel creatures!
As we passed through town, we noticed a new attraction (which apparently opened in 1960), a Vintage Mobile Home Park. You can buy an old trailer and live inexpensively here.
No new stuff allowed. Perfect for the vintage Rolex collector - an Airstream trailer, perhaps?
Several are for sale (send your inquiries to me).
I like the bumper sticker ...
Japanese style, perhaps, for the GS collectors among us?
I think I'll stop here with the monsters and trailers, and come back with a 5th episode for the horticulturally-minded PuristS.
Cheers,
Mr & Mrs Cazalea
PS - I found this cool shipping container just open by the side of the road, so I had to try to squeeze the RAM into it ... as one would, given the chance.
Luckily my wife stopped me (as wives often will) before I did something extremely stupid and got the van stuck in there.
This message has been edited by cazalea on 2016-04-07 21:26:39