Page 6 - Bartell Backroads News Today

If you were a kid and felt the need for speed in the 1960s, '70s, or '80s you got yourself a slot car racing set from toy makers like Gilbert or Arora AFX.

Just off a busy street in Martinez, California is a mansion which belonged to one of America's greatest naturalists, John Muir.

Geoff Miller is a kayak guide with Clearly Tahoe, an adventure company offering tours of Tahoe’s clear water in their unique transparent kayaks.

The EPA issued an order for the Travis Air Force Base to take actions about the contamination of Union Creek more than a year since the leak was identified

Legendary American author Jack London was more than a writer and an adventurer, he was also a farmer

Just west of Redding on Highway 299 in Shasta County is a line of dilapidated brick buildings. They are what’s left of the bustling gold rush town of Shasta.

Trains would whisk passengers generally along the traffic-clogged Interstate 15 corridor

On one side of the road is world class golfing and homes only the rich could afford, on the other are unforgettable coastal views and wildlife.

Walk the trail at Cal Poly Canyon University Experimental Structures Laboratory and see one of the strangest collections of buildings you'll ever come across

Early lighthouse keepers of the Piedras Blancas Light Station, the historic Central Coast beacon, dealt with a lot of different smells.