FREE CAMPGROUNDS IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

The whole town of Ludlow is owned by the Knoll family, lock
stock and barrel. So are the coffee shop, motel and service
station. All these businesses cater to the freeway travelers
as well as the roadies who follow the old Route 66.
It is OK to park in this town for as long as you want without
being hassled by the cops. I saw lots of truckers and campers
taking advantage of this generosity. And I slept there too.



Patsy, the waitress at the coffee shop has worked there for
the past 22 years and she knows how to make you feel welcome.
If I am ever elected to be president of the United States,
I would appoint her as my ambassador to the United Nations.
There is no doubt in my mind that she can bring peace to the
whole world. On the day that I was there Patsy was anxiously
waiting for her daughter, Victoria, to arrive for a visit.
I just know that those two will have had a good time together.



It is hard to imagine that Ludlow once was a bustling town
with commerce conducted along Route 66 and Main Street that
parallels it.


Almost all that is left now are boarded up buildings and the
foundations of 2 general stores, 3 cafes, 1 pool hall,
1 barber shop, 2 rooming houses, a post office and even a
rail road station.



Another example how the Interstate Freeways have killed yet
another part of rural America.