>
> South on US395, at the northern end of the Owens Valley, just esat
of Lone
> Pine is the Alabama Hills. If you watched the old westerns the
Alabama Hills are
> burned in your memory. This is the area with the endless, giant,
bulbous
> granite outcroppings with the Sierra Crest in the background. Al
the Hop-a-long
> Cassidy films were made here. Every fall they hold a western film
festival in
> Lone Pine.
>
> ANd I do remember Sky King, the Cimmeron Strip, Bat Masterson,
Daniel Boone,
> Laredo, the High Chaparral, Wanted, Dead or Alive, The Rebel,
Wagon Train and
> all the others. BTW, the Ponderosa Ranch up at Incline Village is
up for sale
> and the interested buyers are all talking of tearing it down.
>
> Pat
> G'ville, Nv
Pat..you should be a travel agent ! You've inspired us to pack the
conestoga, hitch up the smelly mutts and head south in September.
Every time we see a Western, which is not often enough anymore, we
always vow to head down and see this live. I got caught off guard
with "The Rebel", and then started humming "Johnny Yuma was a
rebel....". I vaguely remember a guy in Confederate clothes, but not
much more. I wonder how much the Ponderosa is worth ?
Perhaps, if you wouldn't mind, could you plot a route for us down
from British Columbia that would take in some of what you think is
the Best of the West? Yee Haw !
Thanks, Steve and Beth
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