Originally Posted by
DrIsotope
If I were to continue in that rough direction for another 80 miles, I'd be in super-scenic Barstow. So sorta close. This is on the SART in Riverside, about a mile south of the San Bernardino County Line.
Well now, I didn't guess Riverside because the air is entirely too clean. When I was there back in the eighties, Riverside was a catch basin for all the smog out of LA. You could literally see the toxic, brown cloud settling in there shortly after rush hour. Spend a day there, and I would go home with a sore throat from breathing that all that crap. Sort of like what China is seeing in its cities today. What I remember about Barstow was how abruptly the town ended at the edge of the desert - just BAM! Sand... but the sky there was always bright sunshine and blue skies. And gas stations called "Terrible Herbst"... too funny.