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Bakersfield is such a welcoming city. That's something you always hear, regardless of its other shortcomings.
But who knew the Greyhound bus station was such a hotbed of philanthropy?
While a modern-day Dean Moriarty waits to board a bus out of town, a skateboarding stranger offers him a...
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If you haven't booked your holiday travel yet, you may be behind.
Angie's List, which rates and reviews various services, says this is going to be one of the most EXPENSIVE travel seasons ever. And who needs that?
The folks at Angie's List sent over a press release with these tips:
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Look, we realize Bakersfield ain't exactly top on the list of California tourist destinations, but at least there must be three things worth seeing if you've never been here before.
Not according to this travel web site, which is so desperate to give you a top 3 things to do list, it recommends...
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No, we're not talking about a grant so you can go on a trip.
Rather, the Kern County Board of Trade has $200,000 in grants for 2008-09 meant to help qualified groups lure visitors to the area.
Officially, they're known as the Kern County Tourism Promotion Grants.
According to a release from...
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The dog likes Bakersfield. The owner? Not so sure.
Check it out here.
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July is the dog days of summer — life seems to be crawling by right now. News is slow. Co-workers and fellow bloggers are gone on vacation. The county supervisors seem to be the only ones with purpose, hammering out a new budget over three days.
Meanwhile, a Tuscon blogger deems...
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Today's news: Delta Air Lines will be pulling out of Bakersfield, taking away direct flights to Salt Lake City from Meadows Field. The service will end Sept. 1.
Read all about it here.
But that's not all — John Cox found out that prices on other flights out of Bakersfield could go up...
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An NPR reporter takes her $300 government rebate check and takes a trip to Bakersfield.
Once there she experiences the Bakersfield Speedway, eating Basque food and being called a hooker.
Listen to her account here.
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Here's a "raw report" press release from the Auto Club's Bakersfield office:
(BAKERSFIELD, June 18, 2008) – The Automobile Club of Southern California’s Bakersfield office, 1500 Commercial Way, will host a winter vacation planning Open House on Saturday, June 28, from 9...
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Heard the news? ExpessJet is pulling out of Bakersfield come Aug. 23.
That means no more flights to San Diego and Sacramento.
An airport representative told reporter Vanessa Gregory there will be one more last-ditch-effort meeting June 4 to try to save the service, but an airline rep told...
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Get ready to pull a few more dollars out of you wallet if you fly American Airlines this summer.
Beginning with tickets purchased June 15, you'll have to pay $15 to check just one bag — each way.
I can just see it now — people who don't want to pay the $15 will try to lug their...
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What a mix of airline news this week.
Mexicana Airlines officials said this may be the end of the flights between Bakersfield and Guadalajara. U.S. Airways won't fly to Las Vegas anymore come Aug. 19.
And then there was the good news — there will soon be a third daily trip between Los...
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Mexicana Airlines is suspending its flights to Guadalajara for 30 days to re-evaluate its service, reporter John Cox writes.
Read the full story.
The culprit? High fuel costs.
And ever since the flights began, the airline has struggled to fill seats, an airport spokeswoman told John.
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The big blue bus whisks us down Hwy 1, past the Jack Nicklaus Golf course, currently under construction ~ a mere $350 to play we learn. Going past small concrete houses, villas and many hotels we embark at Melia Cabo Real, greeted by friendly Company big wigs, our choice of water, Mai Tai,...
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We meet at a fellow travelers home around 4 am for a round of Bloody Mary’s, except our driver, toast in memory of my son Christopher, and then make it to Meadows field or The Bill Thomas Airport as 1 in 10 call it. Bill has a lovely bronze bust there of himself...
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Here's a "raw report" press release from the Greater Bakersfield Chamber of Commerce:
You are invited to attend an informational Meeting about the GBCC Trip to Ireland
Thursday, April 10, 2008
5:30-6:30 P.M.
At the Chamber, 1725 Eye Street
The nine-day trip in...
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Video: A Scot with a dodgy accent and two Bakersfield Condors with cool sunglasses and bald heads debate what's more manly, ice hockey or the upcoming Scottish Games?
Meanwhile, Dan and Teri Gregg travel from the midwest to the Pacific Coast and back. and recount their adventures. Yesterday they...
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This is just a little ditty of a tale starting with an early morning train ride from Bako to San Fran to pick up a car. I had not taken a real train ride before, and I do not know if it was because it was early or just because that is the way it is, but there were not a lot of people on...
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I have been wanting to post a small compilation of my photographs here on Bakersfield.com for some time now.
The only thing that kept me from posting them was my worry they would get ripped-off and used in a manner I didn't want. My solution was to make a short video using...
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You know me, I LOVE free things to do. So when I saw this headline about a free travel film series, I knew I had to share it with y'all.
I would watch travel shows on TV ... IF I HAD CABLE.
But I don't.
And I might actually travel to some of these places ... IF I HAD MONEY.
But I...
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I got to go on a little adventure today...finally. I sold a motorcycle magazine the idea of doing a feature on our little known local hero and legend Dave Barr.
Barr is a double amputee having lost both of his legs to a landmine in Angola in 1981.
A lifelong motorcyclist it was not...
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Having had to use the TV for white noise, I kept waking up all night so I finally turned it off and was sleeping well enough until I was awakened by the text message bleep of my cell phone at 6:30am. Seems someone wanted to say good morning on my last day of the trip. I guess it didn't occur to...
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Sorry for the delay folks..it was unavoidable!
Installment # 4 Day 5 of the ME trip
Day five started early. I got up at 6:30, packed and called Ed, who gave me directions to the harley shop in Phoenix, Ore where I snagged a shirt then met Ed at his house. The plan was to have breakfast...
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The construction workers who had partied late into the night made a pretty good alarm clock at six am as they tromped up and down stairs, started their trucks and shot the breeze before they left. I tried to get back to sleep but couldn't so I got up, dressed, packed and hit a gas station...
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Installment #2 of the "ME" trip.
DAY 3
A call from ex #2, who I tend to refer to as "IT", awoke me about six am. She was taking Ariel to the hospital for a tummy ache that wouldn't go away. Knowing "it" to be a drama queen and a professional hypochondriac, which...
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In Victor Frankl's book, "Man's Search for Meaning," the Austrian Psychiatrist recounts his long imprisonment in the Nazi concentration camps. He observed that each prisoner went through three distinctive phases. The first, of course, being shock and horror. These...
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It's been over a week since I got home, but I simply haven't had the time to sit down, download pix, resize them and trascribe the notes I kept along the way. Well, I finally got all the work on the pix done and when I sat down to do the notes it was obvious I would have to do the trip in...
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Everyone has heard stories about the camera with theold film in that nobody quite can remembmer what the heck is on the roll of film.
It has been over two months now on the alien planet (since I crashed the bike) and have been pretty much homebound ever since. It has been kind...
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In spite of feeling ill I decided to take the long way around to Kingman. Going this way gives one the opportunity to ride some of the more interesting sections or Route 66 with the added benefit of passing through Oatman, AZ
Without much comment I'll just take you through....
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I remember the moment I became, if not a liberal, at least a moderate. Considering myself fortunate to get through the screening process I, felt honored to have and opportunity to speak to directly to such a venerable member of "my" party. Never in my life...
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During a late night web surfing session, I stumbled across the site 43 Places. It's a site dedicated to wanderlust and users can share stories and opinions about places they'd like to visit.
So, of course, I had to see what comes up when you search for Bakersfield. Hmm, Crystal...
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Since actor and former Heidi-Fleiss-batterer-I-mean-boyfriend Tom Sizemore was in town this morning pleading not guilty to drug and vandalism charges stemming from his May 8 arrest at the Four Points by Sheraton on California Avenue, I thought I'd see what the internets were saying about it all,...
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A couple of days ago I posted my travel plans for the week. Unlike the last extended journey I attempted, there have been no technical failures, but let's just say the plan has been a little, ummm...loose. More about that later. But first I have to share this with you guys.
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OK, so this is really two posts in one, but what the heck.
On Thursday I will be leaving Bako for a weeks trip to Colorado. My 2 main objectives are to meet up with the riders involved in The Ride for Columbine http://www.c2cride.org/
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Ok, I hope my readers out there aren't sick to death of this Carrizo Plain stuff yet, but armed with some new information courtesy of Possummomma I took another trip out there in hope of catching a glimpse of the mighty San Andreas fault for myself.
I am just learning the geography and geology...
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The 576 foot tall Morro Rock is the undeniable centerpiece of Morro Bay and the surrounding area. What is little known about this ancient volcanic plug is its relationship to the geology of the rest of the surrounding area. In fact, Morro Rock is the last link in a chain of...
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TKozy just reminded me of something on his response to my last blog post.
He talked about launching his car into the air on the whoop te doos on Highway 58
Here is a video shot a few months ago from the passenger seat of the Road Show Beemer on Highway 120 fun..but not recommended. ...
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I teach at an alternative education school, which for those of you who may not know , is politically correct speak for Continuation School. I do the job because I used to sit on the other side of the desk in one of those schools, and after cleaning up my act 15 years ago, went back...
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I know it's been over a week since Spring Break, but I was whisked off to work in Madera for a week before I got a chance to write about my adventures that week. I guess it doesn't really matter as the subject matter isn't really time specific, so without further ado, I give you "What I...
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As I stated in my previous blog post the centerpiece of Road Show this week was going to be Richard Wilbur of the Patriot Guard Riders. The arranged time for the interview was 11AM this morning and I was cozily whiling away the time typing on my laptop when an e-mail popped up from...
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Before I go on to talk about this weeks podcast I need to address some old business.
Last week I promised you more from BMWeermans Wild Kingdom. Since it has been two weeks since The Wrench Wench (aka Cams Girl) had her knee surgery she decided to ride along on my bike. Not...
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On a whim last Sunday I took the faithful iron steed out for a half days drive to Carizzo Plain National Monument. I have driven by the exit numerous times on the way to Morro Bay and decided to just go check it out.
By way if you have never taken the 33 to 58 tp 41 route to Morro Bay you are...
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Someone please tell me why the topless bars are majorly lacking in this city? I got here last year and while it took me a few months to check'm out, I'm wholeheartedly disappointed. :(
I come from the San Francisco Bay Area. They've got some good ones, some bad ones, and some...
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You know it....you fear it....you despise it.
Rosedale Highway.
Check out this video of The Californian's Lois Henry as she braved this stretch of road to find out how bad Rosedale highway is.
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When last we left this little travel tale we were riding along the Sacramento Levee system which is really quite amazing.
I don't know what the purpose of this boat was but it is pretty cool looking
I think I posted this picture already, but what is THAT about?
The counterweights on...
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Greetings everyone from Oakhurst, Ca.
It has been a while since Road Show has actually been "on-the-road." First there was the 1000 mile day fiasco which some of you may remember, then the Beemer required major surgery.
How do you like my homemade ignition timing device?
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Good Morning Friends...
After have slept on it I have decided to carry on with this ride and this assignment.
My long suffering wife is currently on her way up from Bakersfield to replenish my funds and oil supply. Have re-sealed the gaskets hoping they will hold up until I Can...
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Here are the pics I promised
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I asked for it! I found myself with a week off from my REAL job...ha! And called a magazine I know asking for a freelance assignment. Sure, they said, we have 2 but you have to go to New Mexico....
Ever eager to please I said OK.. Now it use do be that I identified with...
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ExpressJet is launching a new airline carrier and plans to begin service to Bakersfield and 23 other midsized cities, including Fresno, this spring. The new airline, which plans to add routes that currently do not have non-stop service, has not yet released flight schedules and would not confirm...
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