AUTHOR COMPILES BEST OF A.V. BIG ATTRACTIONS, FUN FACTS ALL IN ONE NEW BOOK.Byline: Charles F. Bostwick Staff Writer LANCASTER - Author Bonnie Domrose Stone found the world's largest wind-energy area, the only drive-through earthquake fault and the world's oddest ``tree'' - the Joshua - in researching a guidebook to the Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming. The Antelope Valley . ``San Andreas Ain't No Fault of Mine'' - which she thinks is the first-ever guidebook entirely about the Antelope Valley - lists festivals, sights and day trips, plus tidbits TidBITS is an award-winning electronic newsletter and web site dealing primarily with Apple Computer and Macintosh-related topics. Internet publication TidBITS has been published weekly since April 16, 1990, which makes it one of the longest running Internet publications. like milestone Edwards Air Force Base Edwards Air Force Base, U.S. military installation, 301,000 acres (121,805 hectares), S Calif., NE of Lancaster; est. 1933. It is one of the largest air force bases in the United States and has the world's longest runway. test flights and famous former residents like John Wayne and Judy Garland, who lived in Lancaster as children. ``I had a blast writing it,'' Stone, a Lancaster resident, said. The 200-page-plus book contains directions, maps, phone numbers and details on things to do and see around the valley, as well as information on local history. Stone said she was surprised by some of the facts she unearthed Unearthed is the name of a Triple J project to find and "dig up" (hence the name) hidden talent in regional Australia. Unearthed has had three incarnations - they first visited each region of Australia where Triple J had a transmitter - 41 regions in all. during her research. She found out the rows of wind turbines topping brushy mountain ridges west of Mojave form the largest wind-energy area in the world. The twisted rock strata visible to motorists driving the Antelope Valley Freeway The Antelope Valley Freeway is a freeway in Los Angeles and Kern counties in southern California. It is signed as California State Highway 14 along its length. It connects Greater Los Angeles to the rapidly developing Antelope Valley. near Lake Palmdale are the work of the San Andreas Fault San Andreas fault, great fracture (see fault) of the earth's crust in California. It is the principal fault of an intricate network of faults extending more than 600 mi (965 km) from NW California to the Gulf of California. . The Navy's China Lake testing center contains the largest petroglyph pet·ro·glyph n. A carving or line drawing on rock, especially one made by prehistoric people. pet concentration in the Americas. ``Every time we turned around it seemed like we'd find another gem,'' Stone said. A former newspaper reporter who has written five other books, Stone worked at papers from Hawaii to the East Coast as she accompanied her husband in his Navy career and raised a family. Growing up in Los Angeles, her only contact with the Antelope Valley was when her parents brought her to St. Andrew's Abbey's Fall Festival, which she found astonishingly a·ston·ish tr.v. as·ton·ished, as·ton·ish·ing, as·ton·ish·es To fill with sudden wonder or amazement. See Synonyms at surprise. hot. But she moved to Lancaster when her husband went to work at Edwards Air Force Base. This book started out as an Antelope Valley history. But Stone decided there were enough local history books. Then she thought of places to take her grandchildren, and turned the book into a guide for the valley's thousands of newcomers. After she had the research done, she and her husband spent last summer driving through the valley checking directions and mileage. The title came to her in the middle of one night. It's humorous but also a reminder of the San Andreas earthquake fault's presence along the valley's southern rim, she said. ``I'm afraid a lot of newcomers don't know Don't know (DK, DKed) "Don't know the trade." A Street expression used whenever one party lacks knowledge of a trade or receives conflicting instructions from the other party. how close we live,'' Stone said. ``San Andreas Ain't No Fault of Mine'' can be purchased at locations including the Lancaster Museum/Art Gallery, 44801 Sierra Highway; Antelope Valley Winery, 42041 20th St. W., Lancaster;Reagan's Hallmark, 2050 W. Ave. J, Lancaster; Burn's Pharmacy, 866 W. Lancaster Blvd., Lancaster, and the Air Force Flight Test Center Museum at Edwards. List price is $14.95. Charles F. Bostwick, (661) 267-5742 chuck.bostwick(at)dailynews.com CAPTION(S): photo Photo: (color in AV edition only) Author Bonnie Stone signs her new book on Antelope Valley attractions. Jeff Goldwater/Staff Photographer |
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