# Hiking the CA deserts (in search of petroglyphs and other exciting things). Advice? Tips? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 12, 2010, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hiking-the-ca-deserts-in-search-of-petroglyphs-and-other-exciting-things-advice-tips/535871 "2010-04-12T19:25:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![DiosaBellissima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a8b319/32.png) [@DiosaBellissima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DiosaBellissima)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2010, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hiking-the-ca-deserts-in-search-of-petroglyphs-and-other-exciting-things-advice-tips/535871/21 "2010-04-14T22:19:15Z")
> [@Ol\_Gaffer](#): > > I always found it kind of funny that Buck Owens Boulevard is a nice enough commercial road, right next to the freeway near the river but Merle Haggard Drive is out on the edge of town in the middle of the tank farms and oilfields. Seems somehow appropriate… They named that road after him when he bought the Bakersfield sign that’s right there. It used to be way over on Union Ave and was falling apart to the point where it was going to just be torn down. Whole city was up in arms. Buck bought it, moved it outside his dining establishment, and restored it. Once he did that, they named the street after him-- that was years ago. Merle just got his street recently, though they basically each have a street on the ends of Oildale- Merle on the North, Buck on the South. > [@Ol\_Gaffer](#): > > **Diosa** , do you know where Kelso Valley is? I do now! (Thank you, Googlemaps). Tell me all about it and why I should go immediately, please :). > [@Ol\_Gaffer](#): > > Also, for no other reason other than that it kicks ass, [Dewar’s](http://www.dewarscandy.com/)! Man, I love that soda fountain at the downtown location with the elk head overlooking the counter. Classic. Yum yum. And they sell that ice cream at Disneyland! The more you know and all that jazz. ---
**Author:** ![Ol\_Gaffer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Ol\_Gaffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ol_Gaffer)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2010, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hiking-the-ca-deserts-in-search-of-petroglyphs-and-other-exciting-things-advice-tips/535871/22 "2010-04-14T23:24:23Z")
Check your email **Diosa**. ---
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2010, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hiking-the-ca-deserts-in-search-of-petroglyphs-and-other-exciting-things-advice-tips/535871/23 "2010-04-14T23:35:14Z")
It’s not desert, but one of these days you really need to take a trip up California highway 49 through the gold rush country. The scenery is spectacular. ---
**Author:** ![DiosaBellissima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a8b319/32.png) [@DiosaBellissima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DiosaBellissima)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2010, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hiking-the-ca-deserts-in-search-of-petroglyphs-and-other-exciting-things-advice-tips/535871/24 "2010-04-14T23:56:17Z")
> [@Rick](#): > > It’s not desert, but one of these days you really need to take a trip up California highway 49 through the gold rush country. The scenery is spectacular. That is most definitely on my TO DO list! I’m a big old history nerd and can you believe I’ve never even been to Sutter’s Fort? Funny enough though, just today I was looking up all the amazing ghost towns up that way. Sooo much amazingness to explore! Any particular places you’re fond of? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hiking-the-ca-deserts-in-search-of-petroglyphs-and-other-exciting-things-advice-tips/535871.md?page=1)