First of all, I want everyone to know it wasn’t my idea to visit this place. Our neighbors, at the RV park, visited the City of Rocks National Reserve on Friday and came back to camp and had to tell us all about it. After hearing about it Barbara decided she wanted to go. So, on Saturday we travelled 43 miles south to visit the City of Rocks.
This place has a rich history. From 1843 to 1882 this was part of the California trail which a lot of the early west coast settlers used during their travels to California, Oregon and Washington. This path is still used today by the visitors to the reserve. As some of the people traveled through the City of Rocks some of them liked to sign their names on the rocks. In addition, some of the travelers to this area put down roots and became farmers and ranchers in the area. During the California gold rush, beginning in 1848, the pace picked up but then subsided after the completion of the transcontinental railroad in 1869. Once the railroad was completed most westward travelers used the railroad.
Barbara, Toby and I enjoyed our visit to the City of Rocks. We enjoyed the vistas, watching the rock climbers and the overall natural beauty here. In addition, we got to see some really old rocks. In one location there are some granitic rocks that are 1.2 million years old sitting next to other granitic rocks dated at 2.6 billion years old. On the way home we stopped to enjoy some homemade ice cream.
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