While driving up to the Antelope Valley area of Southern California, I drove past one of the most unusual natural formations of rock in the state. Vasquez Rocks are the result of living life near the San Andreas Fault. The layers of earth are pushed up sideways from all the earth's movements over millions of years. The result is a beautiful area that one never forgets about. If you are looking at this picture and wondering why it looks familiar, the reason is that it is used quite often in movie shoots. Star Trek, Wild Wild West and many others have used this property over the years. When my son was much younger, we would go to campfires at Vasquez Rocks and before the campfire would begin, we would allow him to climb the rocks. He loved it so much that and would then sit still during the entire evening of ghost stories, etc that would be said at the campfire. Most of them concerned Santa Clarita and it's history, including the bandit who the rocks are named after, Tiberico Vasquez. It was some of the nicest times we would spend as a family. A very peaceful and quiet evening, under the stars, with just us...and those rocks.
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