So Kewl California
Monday Jan 30 - Much of our day was consumed by the 316 mile drive down Interstate 5 from Rocklin, and then highway 58 to Bakersfield, just shy of L.A. This was actually the first sunny day to ever drive the rig, and the second longest driving day so far. The drive was great, even by highway standards. I prefer back-roads and scenic highways, but today it didn’t matter. It was all good. Today was different - for us anyway.
Highway 58 brings you into Bakersfield through its back door. You drive through a lot of farming country, so when you approach Bakersfield from this direction, as opposed to Hwy 99, you get a sense that it’s a small town, then it creeps up on you as you continue east through the outlying communities. I was immediately surprised how large the city really is - I’m told about one million people live in the area.
Our trip to Bakersfield is to specifically to catch up with airbrush painter Craig Fraser and see what’s new and kewl at his shop, aka Air Syndicate. He’s got an well equipped and exciting shop, and tons of kewl memorabilia.More importantly, he backs it up with talent and great ideas. We’ll share more on his shop soon and it’s happenings in the next few days, along with some great pics. In the interim, click here to visit Craig’s site.
Deborah Mayan was working on some projects; a fanatic NASCAR style mural, and some pin-up girls on panel, but took time out to show us her proto-type designs for the newest, soon to be released, Artool templates in her Pin-Up Girlie series. These ones will be called the Old School Tattoo Girlies. She was on her way out of town, but promises to share more stuff with us soon (maybe really soon).
By time their work day was ready for a close, and we’d set up, it was dinner time, so off to dinner it was. We discovered real western food at Buck Owens Crystal Palace, a restaurant owned by noted country musician Buck Owens. It was a one-of-a-kind dining experience, and an interesting place to boot. The meal was huge, and the blackened catfish was great.
Well, that’s it for tonight folks.
~A.D.
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August 25th, 2006 12:56
Dave
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January 5th, 2007 20:47
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