Comments on: Highway 101 in a Post-Industrial West http://www.terrastories.com/bearings/highway-101-in-a-post-industrial-coast Geography at its Finest Sat, 11 Oct 2008 21:37:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Joe Reifer - Words » Blog Archive » Dining Cars Cafe http://www.terrastories.com/bearings/highway-101-in-a-post-industrial-coast#comment-2235 Joe Reifer - Words » Blog Archive » Dining Cars Cafe Wed, 26 Dec 2007 17:23:15 +0000 http://www.terrastories.com/bearings/highway-101-in-a-post-industrial-coast#comment-2235 [...] On Christmas Eve I was heading South on Highway 101, and passed through Buellton during the full moonrise. Tip of the hat to Jon Haeber’s Bearings for the location. History and great vintage photos on The History Highway, and The American Roadside. [...] [...] On Christmas Eve I was heading South on Highway 101, and passed through Buellton during the full moonrise. Tip of the hat to Jon Haeber’s Bearings for the location. History and great vintage photos on The History Highway, and The American Roadside. [...]

]]> By: Bearings » Blog Archive » Ventura Wharf at Night http://www.terrastories.com/bearings/highway-101-in-a-post-industrial-coast#comment-2218 Bearings » Blog Archive » Ventura Wharf at Night Sun, 23 Dec 2007 01:11:52 +0000 http://www.terrastories.com/bearings/highway-101-in-a-post-industrial-coast#comment-2218 [...] For Thanksgiving, I migrated south to Ventura to visit family. Along the way I found a mid-20th century Railroad cafe. Upon arriving, I found myself in the midst of the recent wildfires and recounted the experience in an entry. Last night, I descended on the shores of Ventura’s beaches around 11:30 p.m. I remember, particularly, one night with a girl I once was crazy about on the end of the Ventura Pier. When one reminisces, one often has a hankering to make a pilgrimage — so I did just that. [...] [...] For Thanksgiving, I migrated south to Ventura to visit family. Along the way I found a mid-20th century Railroad cafe. Upon arriving, I found myself in the midst of the recent wildfires and recounted the experience in an entry. Last night, I descended on the shores of Ventura’s beaches around 11:30 p.m. I remember, particularly, one night with a girl I once was crazy about on the end of the Ventura Pier. When one reminisces, one often has a hankering to make a pilgrimage — so I did just that. [...]

]]> By: geographer.jon http://www.terrastories.com/bearings/highway-101-in-a-post-industrial-coast#comment-2124 geographer.jon Mon, 26 Nov 2007 05:38:45 +0000 http://www.terrastories.com/bearings/highway-101-in-a-post-industrial-coast#comment-2124 Thanks Troy! I couldn't agree more. Trying times we live in, but I really do see us emerging from these past seven-odd bleak years to a new outlook. BTW, saw your YouTube vid -- Great work! Thanks Troy! I couldn’t agree more. Trying times we live in, but I really do see us emerging from these past seven-odd bleak years to a new outlook. BTW, saw your YouTube vid — Great work!

]]> By: Troy http://www.terrastories.com/bearings/highway-101-in-a-post-industrial-coast#comment-2120 Troy Fri, 23 Nov 2007 19:25:10 +0000 http://www.terrastories.com/bearings/highway-101-in-a-post-industrial-coast#comment-2120 Beautifully written. Fantastic Cafe! Just when you think you've seen it all . . . Here we are, deep into the 21st century now, and it's this decaying 20th century roadside world that has become the new "Old West" for our generation. We can relate to it's auto obsessed Studebaker Commander petro-soul more than to the Studebaker covered wagons and mining boom towns of the 19th century because it's more closely related to the world we live in. This shift is inevitable, and we are finding ourselves at the tip of a cresting cultural wave. Beautifully written.

Fantastic Cafe! Just when you think you’ve seen it all . . .

Here we are, deep into the 21st century now, and it’s this decaying 20th century roadside world that has become the new “Old West” for our generation. We can relate to it’s auto obsessed Studebaker Commander petro-soul more than to the Studebaker covered wagons and mining boom towns of the 19th century because it’s more closely related to the world we live in. This shift is inevitable, and we are finding ourselves at the tip of a cresting cultural wave.

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