Day 198, Vidal, California, US-95 Abandoned Gas Station Home, originally uploaded by solostandfound.
I drive by this as I head to Needles from Blythe. I go by here once a month for my job. It is some serious windshield time, but with a camera and a book ripped and on the iPhone, I am good. I don't really mind the drive time. But it does leave me a little whipped the next day. I can tell you that I will probably shoot here again.
From Wikipedia -
Vidal, California a small unincorporated community located in southeastern California, in San Bernardino County on U.S. Route 95, 38 miles (61 km) north of Blythe, California and 55 miles (89 km) south of Needles. The town is 22 miles (35 km) west of the townsite of Earp, California and 23 miles (37 km) west of Parker, Arizona on State Highway 62. The community, which is two miles (3 km) north of the Riverside County line, lies at an elevation of 812 feet (247 m) above sea level. Vidal is 221 miles (356 km) from the city (and county seat) of San Bernardino, making it the second farthest town in the county from the county seat behind Earp. Wyatt Earp spent the last winters of his life in Vidal, working claims of gold and copper he found nearby; the aforementioned townsite of Earp is located in and around those claims.
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I was just in Vidal yesterday, and passed this gas station and the other surrounding buildings that are also abandoned. Since these photos were taken, the gas station has been heavily vandalized and the house behind it has been severely damaged. There was a series of other abandoned buildings, businesses. and homes across the street, one of which possibly a fire station? There were also abandoned cars on the side of the road. It was very creepy.
ReplyDeleteWe own an old jail in Vidal, Ca. It has a cage cell inside that is pretty neat. A DHL commercial was filmed at that gas station... Check it out on youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3rFHT9Q40k
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