In December 2019 and January 2020, I had the chance to take a couple of trips over the Ridge Route. Once this current situation is over, I fully intend to get back up there for a multitude of reasons. As I cannot get up there at present and we’re all still on some form of “lockdown”, I thought I’d share some of the photos I took up there. The Ridge Route is a very scenic route, far more than I-5 or even the “new” alignment of US 99. They all have their merits but the Ridge Route gets the best of the views. Just an FYI, some of these pics may be from earlier trips. Maybe you be the judge? Which is your favorite?
Care to help preserve the road? Head on over to the Ridge Route Preservation Organization to see what you can do to help and perhaps have the opportunity to traverse the Scenic and Historic Ridge Route.
I recently posted a report he did in 1952 on the Ridge Basin Group – https://socalregion.com/wp-content/uploads/Ridge-Basin-Group-1952.pdf . When was that meeting with the Coast Geological Society?
Years ago I attended a coast geological society meeting in Ventura. The talk for the meeting was given by John crowell. John crowell was a geology professor at UCLA and UCSB and the subject of his talk was the ridge basin. He had lots of pictures of us 99 prior to it’s submergence by the creation of pyramid lake. Professor crowell died recently and I wonder his stuff is