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Tom Kitten

(7,336 posts)
Wed Oct 29, 2014, 02:31 AM Oct 2014

The Bottle Tree Ranch

One man's folk art. Located out in the Mojave Desert, on Route 66.



a rabbit hopped out to greet me.




A woman from Sweden, enjoying the place immensely...


Elmer, the artist, who's spent the past 14 years building this thing. He lives here, this is his land (2 acres)


I stayed until late afternoon to see the light shine through the colored glass.


There's 25 pictures in all I posted here, if you want to see more.
http://sowewent.blogspot.com/2014/10/elmers-bottle-tree-ranch.html

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The Bottle Tree Ranch (Original Post) Tom Kitten Oct 2014 OP
I guess I don't really need an ocean or mountain view. I like that a lot. thx Hoyt Oct 2014 #1
Fantastic! eom littlemissmartypants Oct 2014 #2
Wow! That is so cool. Adsos Letter Oct 2014 #3
Thanks! Tom Kitten Oct 2014 #8
Wow! handmade34 Oct 2014 #4
Sweet! Love the shots! Thanks! Solly Mack Oct 2014 #5
What an interesting place! NV Whino Oct 2014 #6
Intriguing! I like it. n/t cntrygrl Oct 2014 #7
 

Hoyt

(54,770 posts)
1. I guess I don't really need an ocean or mountain view. I like that a lot. thx
Wed Oct 29, 2014, 02:35 AM
Oct 2014

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Adsos Letter

(19,459 posts)
3. Wow! That is so cool.
Wed Oct 29, 2014, 05:30 AM
Oct 2014

When we go down to Highland to visit relatives we usually take 58 to 15, and pass the turnoff to 66 on our way. I think next time we will take 66 and check this place out. Thanks for posting these. Nice blog, too.

Tom Kitten

(7,336 posts)
8. Thanks!
Thu Oct 30, 2014, 12:36 AM
Oct 2014

Oh you should go visit it, (and just drive on Rte 66 anyways) - it's not hard to get to, right outside Oro Grande, which has a few huge old antique shops you can spend hours in. Oro Grande is only about 5 miles from Victorville, the big city in those parts. And there's a lot of other things to see around there, too. Just down the road from the Bottle Tree Ranch is an old roadhouse, the Iron Hog. Did you ever see the movie "Erin Brockovich"? The bar scene towards the climax of the movie was filmed there, as was a scene in "Easy Rider". You really get a feeling of going back in time driving around there.
I fell in love with the area when I went there. I was intending to go to Calico that day but never made it, so I went back that way later. And there's so much I still have to see, like Joshua Tree National Park, Death Valley... I could go on!

I'm happy you like my blog. I got the idea to start it after I realized that sometimes I have too many pictures I'd like to share that could fit on one post. Sort of an outlet!

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