It is famous for it's huge wind farm--monstrous wind turbines cover the hillsides.
And something called The Loop also draws visitors. It's a place where freight trains over a mile long go around a hillside, and if you are lucky enough to be in the right place at the right time, you can watch the locomotives (four or more) pass over the end of the train.
The reason I'm going to visit is because my next Deputy Tempe Crabtree mystery is set in Tehachapi. Though I've been there several times, I want to make sure I get descriptions of places right--and also that the places I've made up could be where I've set them.
It should be a fun and rewarding trip.
I'm woefully behind writing this book. My Tempe Crabtree books usually come out in August, but this year not only have I been re-editing some of the earlier ones, I've been doing the same thing with my Rocky Bluff P.D. mystery series. Plus, of course, life has intervened as well.
My intention, of course, is to make this next Deputy Tempe Crabtree mystery the best it can be. More about the trip next time.
Marilyn
2 comments:
You may not have seen the wind farm. I worked on it when I was with So. Cal. Edison. Pretty impressive.
I still like Tehachapi. We almost moved there, looked at a piece of land that had a steep drop and I got vertigo! But did like their art center and bakery...yum.
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