Now, we're on the easterly edge of Barstow at the intersection of the National Trails Highway (Old Route 66) and Nebo Street. More info about that area right here:

Heading north out of Barstow (off I-15), you can see "CALICO" on the mountains in the distance. That's where Calico GHost Town is. I could have sworn it only had a big "C" at one point,

Here's a cool place that I've driven by dozens of times over the past 60 years - Barstow Station. It's like a convenience store/restaurant/gas station right on old Route 66. Nowadays, Interstate 15 crosses

Some old Santa Fe train cars and engines on display outside of the Barstow Harvey House. The last time I was on a train was in 2001, while visiting family in England. :-)

Back behind the Barstow Harvey House, they have this very cool little Route 66 Museum "The Mother Road". Lots of great old railroad and Route 66 memorabilia inside. People from all over the world

A few more shots around the Barstow Havey House when I paid a visit in November 2007. It was all locked up, so I couldn't go inside. :-(

Now it's November 2007 and I'm on the road, again! This time up to Barstow and it's segment of Old Route 66. First stop, their beautiful old "Harvey House". It was open for 60 years and closed

Yay! Last couple "Witch Fire" pictures. Those long rolled up things I call "pigs" used to help prevent erosion and flash floods (now that the ground cover is gone). And re-seeding the

Looks like somebody rented some equipment and they're busy cleaning up!

So bizarre how the fire would work it's way down one side of the street - and leave the other side completely alone! It didn't listen to that stop sign, either. :-(

Here, have some more "Witch Fire" devastation to start your day. We're almost done...

A few little things that survived (or at least didn't go completely up in smoke). Someone had an old-time bathtub. And it's not every day you see a melted refrigerator. I think my place would probably

I'm thinking these must be more "Witch Fire" leftovers. We appear to be at the clean-up stage, a few weeks after the fire was out. Not much left to clean out... :-(

Even more fire pics! These are marked November 2007. So I'm not sure if they're still from the "Witch Fire" and that's the same mobile home park we saw previously. Or if they're different. As

And here we are at MAS*H 4077 in Korea... Oops, no! That's actually one of the "staging areas" in Valley Center for all the firetrucks and firemen who were staying busy playing with the "Witch

A few more peeks around that burnt out auto repair shop across the street from Harrah's Rincon Casino (after the "Witch Fire" had her way with it). I haven't been out there lately, so I have

Across the street from Harrah's Casino, after the "Witch Fire" roared through! You can see their sign in the first picture. Amazing that the casino didn't get burned - but almost everything across

This was up north of Harrah's Casino on Valley Center Road. Even with all the water in these cacti, this is what the "Witch Fire" did to them back in October, 2007. Whoa...

Still busy exploring the aftermath of the "Witch Fire" in our area, back in October 2007. It was so strange to see all this white stuff all over the place. We never get any snow, here. But this

Here's a mobile home park a few miles from me that got pretty much devastated by the "Witch Fire" back in October, 2007. Fortunately, these people DID evacuate and I don't recall hearing about