April 22, 2005 ~ Desert View Tower, Jacumba, California

April 22, 2005

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Desert View Tower, Jacumba, California

The Desert View Tower is located at
1 In Ko Pah Park Road, Jacumba, CA 91934

Vi tog ud til Desert View Tower, et udsigtstårn, som er bygget i 1920'erne af Bert Vaughn, som ejede Jacumba. Det er ca. 20 meter højt.
Overfor Desert View Tower ligger en kæmpe klippedynge, hvis sten i 1930'erne blev malet til at ligne fantasifigurer og dyr af en arbejdsløs kunstner og ingeniør ved navn Ratcliffe.
Længere oppe er et udsigtspunkt, som de heromkring ynder at kalde "Desert Spring".

We went to the Desert View Tower, which was built in the 1920's by Bert Vaughn, then owner of Jacumba. The tower is about 70 feet tall.
Across from the Desert View Tower lies a huge rockpile, whose boulders in the 1930's were painted to look like fantasy creatures and animals by an unemplyed engineer and artist named Ratcliffe.
Further up lies a viewpoint, which people around here like to call "Desert Spring".

Desert View Tower, Jacumba, California