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Our first destination today was a drive on the Musical Road located on Avenue N in Palmdale CA. The tune played was the hymn of the United States Marines. It’s only fitting since the road is also dedicated to Ronald Lee Ermey, a famous actor and U. S. Marine.

Then we chose to cross the desert and got a glimpse of Edwards Air Force Base. It is renowned for being the place where the sound barrier was broken by Chuck Yeager. It was also the landing spot for NASA’s Space Shuttle.

We landed at the Borax Visitor Center. It was hot but we did step outside to take a look at the biggest mine operation in California. A real life-size 20-mule borax train statue is outside. These mule trains operated between 1883 to 1889. It must have been brutal work.

The town of Boron CA (population ±2,000) sports three nifty museums. Today we got to see the Boron Aerospace Museum. Its proximity to Edwards Air Force Base explains its location in this town. It is nice and very much worthy of a visit. They even let Tickle take a look inside.

The Robot Miners we stopped to watch were not moving today. The temperature got to 117°F. That’s probably why there were so many vehicles on the side of the road!