Painted Rocks

: Painted Rocks; Just before you get to Fort Irwin that is 35 miles from Barstow, California you will see this little mountain and large rocks all painted with different companies logos from service bases all over the US that came to be trained at fort Irwin.; Equipment:
Canon - PowerShot G3; Created by: Bubbalinn.; Tools Used: Adobe Elements 2.0; Created on: January 3rd 2008; Image Views: 2,127; Average Views per Day: 3.2; Image Number: 45059

Comments:

Bubbalinn from Golden Valley, Arizona. on Aug 16, 2009 at 9:30 PM said:

Hi Bmajkows, Thanks for dropping by.. I'm glad my photo brought back some memories, I hope they were good ones :) My service time was back in 1971..

Bmajkows on Aug 15, 2009 at 9:49 PM said:

Brings back memories for me. I did a rotation at the NTC in 1989 fighting the OPFOR with the 1/33 Armored Regiment from Ft. Lewis, Washington.

Bubbalinn from Golden Valley, Arizona. on Jul 24, 2009 at 10:22 AM said:

LOL :) Good one Alex.. Thanks for checking out my pretty rock photos..

Pinetree3 from United States on Jul 24, 2009 at 6:51 AM said:

So that is what they mean by the painted desert.

Bubbalinn from Golden Valley, Arizona. on Jul 22, 2009 at 9:48 PM said:

Hi Christina, I'm glad you liked my photo :) Thanks very much... I'm really surprised at how many people like these photos, the next time I'm down in Barstow I'm going to go back and take more shots.

OneWomanPaparazzi on Jul 22, 2009 at 3:51 PM said:

This is just too cool!! I would love to see this and photograph it.

Bubbalinn from Golden Valley, Arizona. on Apr 6, 2009 at 12:31 PM said:

Thanks Mystic.. I'm glad you liked my photo, the service men and women did all of the work :)

Mystic from USA on Apr 6, 2009 at 9:50 AM said:

This is so cool !

Bubbalinn from Golden Valley, Arizona. on Mar 2, 2009 at 1:35 PM said:

Hi Jas, Thanks very much :) It is a unusual site for being 30 some miles out in the middle of nowhere. You might even luck out and see some tanks out playing.

Jas from England on Feb 28, 2009 at 5:00 PM said:

What a neat idea. Next time we're down that way I must remember to stop by and have a look.

I like the angle you've taken your shot from; it makes a great composition against the bright, blue sky in the background. :)

Bubbalinn from Golden Valley, Arizona. on Feb 28, 2009 at 12:11 PM said:

Hi Brian and Cindy, Thanks very much for your nice comments. This sure is something to see after miles and miles of nothing but desert. This is just one hill, there were around three hills with the big rocks all painted.

Cindy from New Zealand on Feb 28, 2009 at 4:27 AM said:

Your description is great reading. Nice to view this image of all the logos :)

Azkul from USA on Feb 27, 2009 at 8:59 PM said:

This is really cool. I'd love to travel to Barstow, California and see this.

TravlynWomyn from Near Tampa for now on Jan 7, 2008 at 3:12 PM said:

Thanks for the info Alan - normally I'm heading south on 15 when I'm in that direction - I'll simply adjust your great directions. It's good to be back here for awhile! Vicki

Alan - Bubbalinn from Golden Valley, Arizona on Jan 7, 2008 at 12:24 PM said:

Hi Vicki, Thanks very much! I'm glad you enjoyed my photo. Fort Irwin is around 30 North of Barstow. You can go to say Yahoo Maps and look from Barstow to Ft Irwin. This is what I got doing that.

Distance: 29.83 miles Time: 44mins Starting in BARSTOW, CA on E MOUNTAIN VIEW AVE go toward BELINDA AVE - go 0.2 mi Turn Right on BARSTOW RD - go 0.6 mi Turn Right to take ramp onto I-15 N - go 6.0 mi Take exit #189/FT IRWIN ROAD - go 0.3 mi Turn Left on FORT IRWIN RD - go 22.9 mi Arrive at the center of FORT IRWIN, CA. If you know Barstow just go past the cemetery and keep going lol.. There are two roads out there now, the old one is still there and now there is the new highway. Hope this helps some. To see a map the Yahoo maps works pretty good.

Travlynwomyn from USA on Jan 6, 2008 at 6:34 PM said:

OK, Alan - where is this exactly? I know Barstow from my transporting days, but have no idea where Ft Irwin is. What highway is it near?

This is a great image, from a well-thought-out perspective. It would be a fun place to visit. Vicki

Alan - Bubbalinn from Golden Valley, Arizona on Jan 6, 2008 at 8:39 AM said:

Hi Ann, Thanks for commenting on my photo. I took this shot bending down just a little. The area around the little mountain of rocks was sloping up helping me with the low view.

A.Lovely from Maine USA on Jan 5, 2008 at 10:53 AM said:

What a unique concept. I liked the

way you photographed the photo from ground level. Very interesting.

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