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The old Shoe Repair shop in Bakersfield, CA.
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This large community with a population nearing 400,000 is located in the southern horseshoe end of the San Joaquin valley. It relies primarily on agriculture, oil extraction and the oil refining industry. It has a very semi-arid and dry climate and receives only about 6 ½ inches of rain per year. Although it is one of the sunniest cities in the U. S. winter can be marked by tule fog trapped on the floor of the valley for days on end. State Highway 99, a north-south freeway runs through town and Highways 58 and 178 run east-west. The Santa Ana winds blow through every year bringing a heat wave in late October.
Country music had a big influence in Bakersfield with artists like Buck Owens, Merle Haggard and Wynn Stewart and of course Dwight Yokum inspiring the Bakersfield sound. NASCAR drivers Kevin Harvick and Casey Mears are from Bakersfield.
Night life in Bakersfield resembles but does not nearly match that of LA.
Country music had a big influence in Bakersfield with artists like Buck Owens, Merle Haggard and Wynn Stewart and of course Dwight Yokum inspiring the Bakersfield sound. NASCAR drivers Kevin Harvick and Casey Mears are from Bakersfield.
Night life in Bakersfield resembles but does not nearly match that of LA.
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Jan 14, 2010 – Jan 21, 2010
We arrived in Bullhead City and ate at Perkins Restaurant. I don't want to talk about it .... I wanted a local restaurant but didn't know of any to recommend... so Perkins it was. The meal was good. But I still don't want to talk about it.....
Sunday morning we ate at David's mom's house. It was …
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Apr 10, 2008 – May 16, 2008
At the beginning of our trip you might remember we were looking for a shoe repair shop that looked like a big shoe. We while we were, we drove past an old Army/Navy Surplus Store. We didn’t stop at that point to take pictures of the unusual things in the lot but remembered to stop on the way back…
Jul 04, 2008 – Aug 04, 2008
So it was starting to get hot, and my next stop was Bakersfield, where I have a sister. But while in Gilroy my car got extremely hot inside, too hot for a long haired kitten. And unless my car is moving, the air conditioning doesn't pick up, and it was going to be a while before it …
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