Tehachapi's Online Community News & Entertainment Guide
Tehachapi's Online Community News & Entertainment Guide
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Someone just asked me if we had ever been to remote, untouched villages on our travels, and that got me to thinking . . . . and writing! I never thought we would get to Borneo! It is the third largest island in the world and home to three countries: Malaysia, Indonesia and Brunei. While there, visiting our son Tom, we went to a remote village where the native residents lived in longhouses as they have for centuries. Nearby was a huge cave that we explored with a resident guide. We learned about...
Five Duke University students arrived in town on June 1, after hiking from the Mexican border. They intend to continue north to the Canadian border. They are showering and sleeping at Aviator Park at Tehachapi Airport. Hikers will continue coming through Tehachapi until late June, and then the numbers slow to a crawl. There will be a fall group coming through also, but in much smaller numbers. Over forty Tehachapi Pacific Crest Trail Angels have volunteered their time to take hikers like this...
On August 16, 2015, eleven of us met in Sacramento for a five-day tour of historic and beautiful places in Northern California. Two former Directors of the California State Park System led this tour: Paul Romero and Pete Dangermond. These brilliant men guided our group through many adventures. We traveled in two spacious vans to visit a few of our 278 State Parks and Historical Sites. We not only saw behind-the-scenes in the places we visited, but also learned the workings of the State Park...
The little train circling above Tehachapi’s Original Apple Shed dining area has been on the blink for many months, leaving diners and their children disappointed! The Tehachapi Loop Railroad Club stepped up to the plate and came in while remodeling was going on. (Fixing the train was not an option while diners were dining below!) They analyzed the train and the track and went to work over several visits, donating their time, equipment and talents to this project. Most of the malfunction was d...
