HAD TO DELIVER AN OLD MILLS SLOT MACHINE TO ANAHIEM, CA. LEFT 7 AM FROM LAS VEGAS ... GOT BACK LATE LAST NITE! .... THIS TIME I STOPPED AND SMELLED THE ROSES .... I HIT ALL THE OBSCURE LITTLE EXITS AND WENT DOWN THE ROAD LOOKING FOR TREASURES ... IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DESERT I FOUND THIS SMALL LAKE COMMUNITY (crystal lake) ... A NICE SIGHT WHEN IT'S 107 OUTSIDE. GOT THIRSTY AND STOPPED IN THE ONLY BAR IN TOWN (lee's tavern).. COLD BEER... SINCE 1933 THIS CHINESE FAMILY HAS LIVED IN YERMO AND HAS ENDURED WWII PREJUDICE BEING ASIANS ETC .... GOT MY NEW 2017 CALENDER ...LOTS OF OLD LAS VEGAS STORIES WITH THE LOCALS ... I GOT (1) COMMON 25c CHIP FROM BINIONS ... HAD LUNCH AT PEGGY SUES DINER ... EXPLORED CALICO GHOST TOWN UP THE ROAD ... AND TOURED AROUND U.S. MARINE BASE, FORT IRWIN ... LOTS OF TANKS AND HEAVY MILITARY GEAR ALL READY TO GO! ... DOWN THE HWY. YOU CAN BUY OLD HUMVEES AND ARMY TRUCKS ... I CRUSIED INTO PRIMM NEVADA TO STRETCH THE WIERY LEGS ... AN THEN ON TO LAS VEGAS ...I SLEEP LIKE A BABY ... I DROVE THIS HIGHWAY DOZENS OF TIMES ... BUT JUST BLEW BY ALL THESE FUNS PLACES TO SEE ... THANKS FOR LOOKING AND REMEMBER ... STOP AND SMELL THOSE ROSES! ... RICH BURGEL