Old Ridge Route - Old Homestead

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N/S ? ??.??? W/E ??? ??.???  [] In California, United States

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View of abandoned homestead and Quail Lake in the distance. Near Intersection of 138 & the Old Ridge Route.

The abandoned wooden house and oil tank were originally owned by the General Petroleum Quail Lake Pumping Station. Crude oil from the oil fields in Taft was heated and pumped to Willow Springs Pumping Station, which in turn moved the oil onward to Mojave.

This cache begins a series of caches along the Old Ridge Route. The Old Ridge Route is closed in the middle just past the Tumble Inn due to storm damage, so it is not possible to travel all the way thru as you once could do. Still it is a pleasant place to get away for the day and now you can get a fair amount of caches in the process. It is anticipated that the Old Ridge Route will be reopened to thru traffic in about a year, once again linking Castaic to Quail Lake Valley.

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(letter above equals below,
and vice versa)

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Cache Logs

November 16 by flaglady (5630 found) Hitting the high desert with BoydChicks and having our best caching day EVER!!.... 8.5 hours of caching 104 finds, 0-zero DNF's and NO people just a bunch of dirt and caches thanks for adding to our day [view this log]

November 16 by BoydChicks (9884 found) Hanging around the High Desert with Flaglady, enjoying the Tarot series and all the nearby caches. Thanks for making this such a fun day for us. I bet the walls of this old home could tell some interesting stories. We hit a new team record of 104 finds and zero, yes zero, DNF. That felt amazing [view this log]

November 14 by joesau (677 found) We were out today checking out what the geocaches were like along the ridge route road. TFTC [view this log]

November 9 by TimAsh329 (646 found) Made the find quickly and got some good pics, thanks for bringing me here! TFTC SL oops...wrong date! [This entry was edited by TimAsh329 on Thursday, November 12, 2009 at 4:04:35 PM.] [view this log]

November 7 by Photom (7332 found) When I planned this trip to get the "NO CLUE" series - the Old Ridge route popped up as the best way to get there. It did not disappoint. [view this log]

Current time: 11/21/2009 10:16:09 PM
Last Updated: 11/21/2009 4:17:36 PM
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