Pole Shift Survival Site (PS³) Research

Last Revised 6/15/2003

This is not channeling, an oracle, etc., and comes with no guarantees about accuracy or safety (typographical errors occur from both me AND my munchkins, who from time to time help me enter this information). Some of these places are in or near the Sierras in Southern California, 100 miles or more from the West Coast, and above 750 feet, but in or close to areas that the Zetas said could or would be dangerous during the actual pole shift. However, an "unsafe" site does not mean that another site a mile away from the unsafe site is not safer.

To use this information you should also have access to: a Southern California map, the Zetas' Safe Locations document, common sense, and recent earthquake statistics to formulate a realistic PS³ plan. I used California Road & Recreation Atlas by Benchmark Maps. The map showed the 210 not yet connecting to the 15 - which it does, but otherwise up to date and most useful.

Give away pole shift survival site research - why?

Many of you STO and STO wannabees want to help people (family, friends) determine their orientation; setup an orientation camp, etc., but don't have resources to find, rent, or buy land inland and set it up in time for Planet X's arrival.  Hence, if I get to one of the listed PS³ sites and find it already crowded, I'll just camp outside - or find a site nearby!

Hope this helps!

Johnny

P.s. I added 3/20 updates up front since they looked safer than many other areas. You may have to print this doc in "landscape" mode to read everything correctly - a feature of MS software, I think.

Contents

High Desert | Stoddard Wells Road | 247 Taylor Spring | North Side - Camp Rock | Johnston Valley | Ord Mountain | Mojave Generic Notes | Skylake at Bass Lake | Bass Lake | Lupine-Cedar Bluff at Bass Lake | Bass Lake Area Continued | Smalley Cove | Squaw Leap | Redinger Lake Road | Italian Bar Road | Jose Basin Road | Woodlake 245 to Mountain House Saloon [Badger on map] | Pinehurst | 5000 Foot Crossroads | Fresno 180 | Trimmer Springs Road | Island Park | Kirch Flat | Kings River | Road To Hartland | Miscellaneous Camping Areas | South Fork Trek | Bass Lake Malum Ridge Drive | Sky Ranch Road (off 41) | 190 East of Porterville | Bakersfield to Mojave | Diaz Lake | Lone Pine and North 345 | Bishop | Horton Creek Campground | Millpond Campground | Bishop Area | Bishop / Brown's Town | Big Pine | Big Pine's Baker Creek / off 395 | Fish Spring's Tinnemaha Campground | Taboose Creek Campground | Goodale Creek | Oak Creek | Independence Creek | Bakersfield 178 Eastbound | Bakersfield Day Use Area | Lake Isabella| Bird Spring Pass | Chimney Peak | Route 14 to West 178 | Walker Pass | Kennedy Meadows Trek | Chimney Rock Campground | Four Corners North

Details

1) High Desert (Top)

As you leave Victorville on 15 North, take the second Stoddard exit, named "Bell Mountain Stoddard Wells Road." There are what appear to be large, relatively safe BLM (Bureau of Land Management) areas accessed by mostly wide, dirt/gravel roads. There were maybe 25 - 40 groups up here today enjoying the undulating high desert landscape (riding upon various dirt bike vehicles), camping out, etc. As long as your survival group avoids camping near or next to the buried gas lines on the now (3-18-03) eastern side of Stoddard Road, you can snuggle up against any one of the many hills in the areas around and in between Stoddard Mountain on the west, and Stoddard Ridge to the east.

I did not try it, but even if you don't bring enough boards to cover your Zetatalk trench (not a wise idea), by peeling bark, or using rope or twine, you might be able to secure a suitable roof for your ditch by tying together some of the larger limbs from he many desert bushes and use them as cross beams. This will be time consuming, however.

Advantages: Large RV rigs Ok here, not too far from LA up the 15, public BLM land, probably no bears or large wild animals, hurricane wind break from nearby hills and mountains, existing washes clearly marked by dirt undulations, etc. Disadvantages: No visible source of local water (Stoddard Well further North had no visible water - just a big empty hole in ground), limited natural building supplies for shelters, dirt road past North of Stoddard Well is very bad, with puddles in dirt road up to Stoddard Well.

2) Stoddard Wells Road to 247 (Top)

From Stoddard Wells rustic, broken down well (on the right side of Stoddard Wells Road heading NE towards the 247) - to the 247, Stoddard Road is increasingly bumpy with pockets of deep sand in a couple of places. Recommendation: high clearance vehicles such as 4 by 4's, pickup trucks, Jeeps, Hummers, etc. I encountered only a couple vehicles, either dirt bikers or pickup truck on my way from Stoddard Well to the 247. If you have the right clearance on your vehicle, more or less dry conditions, you and your survival group can find (create, actually) many PS³ camps along either side of the northern portion of Stoddard Wells Road as it connects to the 247 (just a few miles South of the fun town of Barstow).

Advantages: desolate, private; probably no bears or large wild animals. Disadvantages: no visible signs of water, very rough dirt roads - unsafe for low hung vehicles.

3) 247s Taylor Spring Trek (Top)

In between Stoddard Ridge on the left (west) and West Ord Mountain on the right (east), South of Stoddard Valley, lies fun-filled Taylor Spring (which I unfortunately never found after a couple hours of searching for it with my high level maps). The only thing I found there were rough and bumpy roads, old mine shafts, cattle bones, etc. Kiddies, pole shift camp here in the BLM area only if you require lots of privacy, are a cross dresser (LOL), and have lots of time to prepare a ditch in the sand-or-rock landscape.

4) North Side - Camp Rock Roads (Top)

From the 247 heading South from Barstow, South of Taylor Spring, you will find the world famous North Side Road. Many deserted homes, huts, and trailers on either side of North Side Road, up until the only working well I ever saw in the area. It is located North of North Side Road, between Harrod Road on the west and Camp Rock Road on the east. The well is connected to electrical utilities, and fenced in. Don't expect to just come up with wire cutters and an empty cup and fill it from some mythical faucet behind the fence. I think some farmer dude on the property SE of the well's four corners was wondering what I was doing driving up to the well next to the corner here.

Disadvantages: Not protected by adjacent mountains, so you, your vehicles, your dog and your wife will get blown across the desert prairie by the 100 MPH winds during the pole shift, unless you can cling to the well pipes coming up from the ground. Advantages: Your girlfriend, once she sees you trying to set up a PS³ in this unsafe area will probably make it through the pole shift by running off with a mountain man for safety long before then.

5) Johnston Valley to Willis Well (Top)

BLM land, so camping areas exist in many safe locations around and in between East Ord Mountain to the left, and Johnston Valley to the right (east), off Camp Rock Road, located 40 or more miles SE of Barstow.

Advantages: Secluded - large groups could organize here, wind break from East Ord Mountain, no large wild animals (except Mr. Willis, maybe), gullies clearly outlined in desert floor, nice scenery, Yucca plants for rope, soap, etc. Disadvantages: Killer turtles (LOL), the access road to here from Barstow is wide and smooth for most of the way, but almost all dirt or dirt-rock, close to Barstow, etc.

6) Ord Mountain Road (Top)

Took the South exit off Camp Rock (gravel-rock-dirt) Road, onto Ord Mountain Road for a couple of miles. Did not look hard for "Aztec Springs," supposedly in this area. Very secluded, no bears, in between mountains for wind break. Gullies clearly marked by erosion, and not far from Barstow. Very nice scenery, can easily build trench on any hill or mountain side. Yucca plants available for rope, soap, shelters, etc. No campers here on 3-16-03.

7) Mojave Generic Notes (Top)

Los Angeles citizens: If you are new to my stuff and/or Urantia/Zetatalk literature, etc., reading this survival stuff during June or July of 2003, and have not heard of the pole shift, have few prior survival skills - a chance for safety for you and your family can be summed up quickly: Mojave! (high desert, not the town)

What to do?

Go now to your garage, local Wall Mart, or K-Mart, Big 5, etc., and get a tent, water container(s), sleeping bags, rice and beans, rain coats, large canvas covers, first aid kit, etc., and get the you-know-what out of LA by heading North up the 14 or the 15 to your local high desert. Taking 5 North may take a lot longer to get to the high desert as you have to go east after passing over the mountains.

However - if you live anywhere near downtown LA and noticed the long morning, then roads leading out of town and elsewhere may be quite jammed. Unless you have a helicopter in your back yard, feel lucky, are STO, or have a Nordic buddy on a flying saucer parked nearby - throw a wacky Jack Daniel's party at home or at the beach! Invite local beach bunnies - a new reality awaits ..

8) Skylake at Bass Lake (Top)

A camp east of Oakhurst, with cabins up in a forested area about midway on the road that runs on the SW side of Bass Lake. They had a few busses, and people were working in an office in one of the cabins North of camp. Too wooded to be considered safe.

9) Bass Lake (Top)

A very empty lake with water level at least 20 to 30 feet below what seems useable. The boat docks were just laying on the dry lake bed in almost all cases. The only clear areas would be close to the water - probably unsafe during the sloshing that will happen during the pole shift (assuming we have one).

10) Lupine-Cedar Bluff at Bass Lake (Top)

Very nice camp next to road next to Bass Lake. The camp is adjacent to a lakeside day use area with bathrooms and picnic tables. I stayed overnight there, but left because neighbors seemed unfriendly - one 30 year old maintenance worker said, "I hate people..." The camp is listed a closed until May, and nobody charged me for staying there. I left early in the morning. This camp has too many trees to be a safe place, and few clearings.

11) Bass Lake Area Continued (Top)

Disadvantages: The whole place is very heavily forested. It may burn, and since there were no visible clearings, anyone not in a deep ditch may burn along with the whole forest when fire from the sky hits this Spring.

12) Smalley Cove Campground (Top)

Heading South from North Fork on Aubery Road, you'll see a super clean PG&E campsite at elevation 1,200 feet. It's next to Kerchoff Lake, that supposedly once flooded up to the campsite that I stayed in.

Advantages: Surrounded by SNF lands that are not as heavily forested as Bass Lake. Note that squatters had been running the camp for 6 months or so prior to my arrival, but were kicked off by PG&E ranger named Don, a very nice, youthful-looking 65 year old superintendent. Very well kept campground with no boulder campground dividers - just railroad ties buried vertically (so as to keep vehicles off non-road camping areas).

Disadvantages: Although I did not actually see it, above the PG&E campground lake is a holding pool/lake on a cliff above, so the pole shift might just bring down the whole upper lake on your head! I would consider the surrounding area, but not in the camping areas due to their proximity to the lake/pool above. Surrounded by San Jaquin river valley, the area could and has flooded before; heavy earthquakes have been recorded 60 miles away.

13) Squaw Leap (Top)

Continuing South, on BLM land, you'll discover extremely beautiful countryside, and several open tent sites at the lower elevations, east of the San Joaquin River, which divides the BLM property at Squaw Leap, I suspect.

Disadvantages: House sized boulders everywhere in the vicinity. If you wanted to stay there during the pole shift (I do not recommend this site), then you would at the least have to allow plenty of time to prepare a bolder-free ditch for all potential survivors!

Although I did not camp there (no locked gate) I did walk around a wee bit. A "nice Indian man" runs the place, and has a horse tied up just outside his nearby camper. May flood - from the San Joaquin River (that I did not see) which runs through the land. Nearby, on your way into Squaw Leap campground, there are "leased" cattle ranches on either side of the road. Signs on the roadside tell visitors to stay off leased land.

14) Redinger Lake Road (Top)

Rough road up to lake. However, somewhere prior to the Redinger Lake dam, on Redinger Lake Road 234, on the top of the north side's NW/SE ridge are several partitioned flat camping areas that might be made into PS³ sites.

Disadvantages - possible limited access; one of the few entrances to the area on the map is a rough and very thin road, heading up from Smalley Cove, that winds around next to steep cliffs, and one lane, etc., probably too small for large camper rigs. Rocks & boulders- were on entry/exit roads.

15) Italian Bar Road (Top)

Almost a paved path, the roads are very rough, single lane in 90% winding, narrow bridge, etc...small farms, leased lands, probably run by Native Indians, dot the roadsides.

Not as many visible survival sites as what might easily be found near all of the above listed sites in this document, including the Redinger Lake Road mountainside top.  

16) Jose Basin Road (Top)

Much wider, smoother winding roads - but many (probably) leased Indian cattle ranches dotting either side of the road.

Disadvantages- not quite the same friendly non-leased feeling from the northern side of Redinger Lake, SE of North Fork.

17. Woodlake 245 to Mountain House Saloon [Badger on map] (Top)

Woodlake is east of Visalia, just west of Lake Kaweah. Route 245 heading North out of Woodlake is a nicely kept, 2 lane, winding road through cattle ranches. Lower elevations are rocky, similar to Squaw Leap Campground on the BLM land. Probably many potential PS³ sites but you would need to find access past the fenced cattle ranches to the higher mountains beyond and above the leased ranches.

Note: Ranchers may eventually appreciate having STO assistance to replace their broken mechanical ranch equipment, but early arriving survivalists will have to study local maps, and negotiate those ubiquitous, three barbed wire connected fence poles - not to mention the ranchers - to get a chance to see any potential safe areas above and beyond the leased lands.  Have family members try out those Halloween cow costumes you were ready to trash last year .. Good luck!

18) Pinehurst (Top)

Mostly heavily forested; SNF (Sierra National Forest) starts just before you enter Pinehurst.

19) 5000 Foot Crossroads (Top)

Where 245 joins 180 the road improves greatly. Going down, or west from the 5K foot level to the Great Sequoia National Park's entrance, just before the 3K foot level the thick forest thins a wee bit. Almost all turn offs go to private ranches. Many boulders and/or thick forests make this PS³ mostly unsafe for non-STOs.

20) Fresno 180 (Top)

Unless steps are taken by authorities, 180 east out of Fresno may be a last week panic route. Why? The 180 is very nice, wide, and leads to safer areas than just drowning in the new lake! The farmers or cattle ranches will almost certainly be overrun with lake bed citizens. Many last minute families will be without decent provisions. OSRI - Orientation Soul Return On Investment - may be augmented by strategically placed STOs along the 2K to 5K route, and even higher elevations.

Tragedy may befall mixed-orientation families that have STO leads: huge boulders and fire from the sky, burnable trees are everywhere. Selecting a safe site and preparing it in this general area may be very time consuming.

21) Trimmer Springs Road (Top)

The road up to Island Park (at Pine Flat Reservoir) is pleasant. After the pole shift they'll just call this Flat Reservoir (..gulp!). I remember just one gas station/general store, and curvy roads up to Island Park.

22) Island Park (at the Pine Flat reservoir) (Top)

East of Fresno, this is a nice, open campground for tent campers or RVs, no showers, very clean, and nice bathrooms. Overlooks NW side of reservoir. May be a possible PS³  - not heavily forested; lake will go down when (if) dam breaks, flooding the living you-know-what out of Fresno. Camping areas are at least 200-300 feet above water level; one could easily dig a trench in cleared hillsides that already have few trees, just cattle. Summary: potentially burn free areas, meat to eat (at least until the cows run away), not as many boulders as other close by areas. This area may be very crowded, however.

23) Kirch Flat off King's River (Top)

Continuing east on Trimmer Springs Road you may discover that there is no gate at entrance to Kirch Flat, located on the North side of Kings River. Photo perfect campsite, paved, slightly sloping toward 150-200 foot wide Kings River. River was flowing, could possibly wade across it; it did not seem deep. Vertical distance from camp nearest the river was about 10 feet to 20 feet or thereabouts. Bathrooms/outhouses in nice condition. Maybe 20 to 30 spaces. Some cleared areas, but still a good density of trees, which means a good amount of time may be required to clear, dig, or otherwise prepare a safe PS³. Many boulders and bare rock on the gently sloping adjacent hills. Probably not a good survival site, but people staying here would probably not all get zapped.

24) Kings River (Top)

From a sign posted at the metal grid fence to "Balch Camp": "..floods from winter storms or Spring runoff help the KR alter its course. Sometimes it roars out of its bed, sweeping house sized boulders from one shore to the other.."

25) Road To Hartland, SE of Pinehurst (Top)

Heartland Christian camp in February is/was a large camping village nested among thick trees, probably not a good PS³. The 9 mile stretch from Dry Creek Drive was interesting, however: cattle ranches, UCLA facilities, nature conservatory, snow along roadways, etc. All in all probably not a good site for STO parents with STS or non-STO children. Thick forests means preparing a safe area would be very time consuming. 

26) Miscellaneous Camping Areas (Top)

27) South Fork Trek (Top)

Lots of ranches on my way to standing upon the exact center of California (a little metal marker with an "X" on it in some cement upon the ground, up some steps from the roadway). Italian Bar Road was paved, but very bumpy, and for the most part almost not wide enough for two cars to pass in opposite directions. The official "Scenic Route" was closed, so I could not drive the the miscellaneous campgrounds (Placer, etc.) in the 4.5K elevation range along the (now) western San Joaquin River Valley listed above. South Fork to Whiskey Falls: drove through private ranches on either side of the road until the road wound up a steep, forested road, which was blocked off by a large metal fence after about 15 minutes of drive time. Never did see Whiskey Falls campground, east of Bass Lake.

28) Bass Lake Malum Ridge Drive (Top)

Found a semi-cleared, but mostly thick forested area on my way to Chilkoot campground. Never did find the official "Chilkoot. Probably because snow across the road after a few miles meant I might l have to put my chains on to get back out.

29) Sky Ranch Road just N of Oakhurst (off 41) (Top)

Very nice road - besides being blocked with snow so I could not see any designated camp sites. Very heavily forested areas.

30) 190 East of Porterville (Top)

The whole area along the winding, cliff-hugging 190, above and below, looks like a death trap for non STOs. Camp Wishon, off Wishon Drive, off 190, might also be called Camp Crushem, or Camp Incinerator - way too many trees and rocks! Hugh rocks, bear canisters. Pierpoint Springs, several miles east, is similar. Not until you reach Camp Nelson (pop. 180) do you get to find mostly rock-free, tree-free, semi safe areas. But now you are at 4K altitude. Perhaps you can look on Internet for rental cabins on a high enough, tree and rock free areas. Action item would be to investigate on Internet for PS³ cabins with O.k. land specs.

At the end of 190 both camp Coy Flat and Camp Belknap were both ICY and unsafe 2 explore; expecially since the forests surrounding these two campsites were very thick.

31) Bakersfield to Mojave (Top)

Route 58: Mostly green/grey short grasses and few cattle in site. After the fun town of Tehachapi land goes to no vegetation - just rolling hills/desert.

14 North: 2,300 foot altitude (or more) mostly straight roads with low hills and mountains on the left (and farther away on the right), mostly desert. Hills would seem to break 100 mph winds during the shift, IMHO.

Red Rock Canyon: Just past the Koehn Dry Lake is Red Rock Canyon State Park. Setup against rugged sandstone cliffs, at first site it seems like it might be a PS³. The problem is that the whole NE to SW El Paso Mountains of low rocks that Red Rock is probably within looks like it was pole shifted into place in the first place! During the shift people could go out to trenches in adjacent valley, then after worst of shocks get a little closer to cliffs for protection. Disadvantages: Only Joshua trees and brown, low desert vegetation. There were a few black birds and most likely snakes (to eat) after the shift. All in all this place is probably not a safe place for non STOs during the shift. Campsite had pit toilets and water; $9 a nite.

32) Diaz Lake (Top)

Near Lone Pine - at first glance seems like a nice PS³, except that the Diaz lake itself may jump its borders and drench or drown many camped there for protection. Any prudent survivalist would check for Lake Diaz's source of water (Diaz creek), and historical flooding information. Advantages: Wood from railroad ties, trees; large clearings; situated between Inyo mountains and John Muir Wilderness, which would provide a wind break. Disadvantages: Loose boulders on western slope are only 500 to 2000 feet away. Care must be taken to ensure protection from flying rocks. Probably flooding from Diaz creek into this whole area. This is also a public campground right of 395 so it will may get a large crowd of shelter seekers. Sign says County of Inyo, Parks and Recreation.

33) Lone Pine and North 345 (Top)

Portage Joe Campground, $10 a night: Disadvantages: Stream runs right down the middle of campground sites that straddle the river. When rain comes it may be just a river, flooding all nearby campsites. Near of in Lone Pine off Portal road.

Lone Pine Campground: Death trap and Active bear area. Suggestion: forget it.

34) Bishop (Top)

Pleasant Valley Campground: Has a small river (stream about 50 - 100 feet across) with a good flow of water already going thru it. North of Bishop just off 395, the campsites are straddled by loose low sandstone rocks. Disadvantages: River will most likely flood campground, and/or nearby elevated rocks may crush campers.

35) Horton Creek Campground (Top)

Stay up to 14 days for free. Only a couple miles from the base of the high Sierras mountains! It was closed (2-5-03). Off road boulders (to block 4x vehicles from destroying the campsites) were strewn about in such manner that would certainly crush non STOs camped about. A "donations accepted" box sits beside the entrance way. Another disadvantage: Prison camp is nearby, maybe 1 to 5 miles away.

36) Millpond Campground (Top)

Sign at entrance says: "City of L.A. County Property - Leased by County of Inyo for Recreation." Huge; 2 baseball fields; small lake or pond for swimming; concession stand (may have been closed for the season on 2-5-03); paved roads 4 - 10 miles from the base of the high Sierras; beautiful view of mountains, valleys, etc. Close to Bishop off 395; has boulder sized road/non road rock dividers within the individual campsites; very dangerous to be next to during a pole shift. However, adjacent hilly areas are boulder-free; horse ranch next door to campground. Water from mountains flowing probably a few miles away; swimming pond; tennis court; bathrooms; covered picnic tables; trees; shade in places; playground; drinking water fountains; grills; railroad ties (for firewood) delimit picnic grounds.

37) Bishop Area (Top)

After taking "Laws Railroad and Historic Museum" turn off on Route 6 you'll see this area: Just because it was not fenced with "No Trespassing.." signs and no fences, primarily desert; I went up to Silver Canyon until the road was covered with a small, overflowing stream that you may need a 4-by-4 to get across. So although this is only desert, a desert path there is a source of water here. Additionally, the hills have small rocks the ravine might be a useable PS³. Just east of "Laws" off Route 6, this area is just up the road from Bishop. This is a desert, with small desert bushes everywhere - very uninviting to most passing by. Note: there are telephone and or electricity poles straddling the semi-paved (with stones) road, well past the point where I did not go on due to water flowing over a dip in the road (unknown water depth). What and/or where do they go and what are they for? Maybe for the recreation area further up the ravine? 

38) Bishop / Brown's Town (Top)

Just of 395; store; mock old West town; playground; Opens March 1st. Tables, firepits, BIG boulders strewn about for what appears to be no reason; toilets; running water; closed on 2-6-03.

39) Big Pine Recreation Camping (Top)

Useless, except maybe for water and bathrooms. Why? Boulders delimit every campsite and road. Just off 395 just North of Big Pine.

40) Big Pine's Baker Creek / off 395 (Top)

Lots of water from creek but way too many boulders and nearby rock-covered hills. Rocks everywhere.

41) Fish Spring's Tinnemaha Campground (Top)

Note: both of the creeks for Tinnemaha and Taboose Creek may flood the camping areas - so beware of flooding dangers in and or around these two camping areas.

Large flat area with Tinnemaha Creek flowing thru it - very small creek; shade trees along creek; fire pits; not many campsites (35 or so?); picnic tables; no boulders on ground but adjacent hill has evidence of embedded rocks that may pop up/out during shift; outhouses. Water from stream, but non-working water pump at entrance to site. Off Tinnemaha Road and Fuller Road, in between the towns of Big Pine and Independence. Advantages: Nearby hills may help break 100 mph winds; water; no boulders; scenic, etc. Disadvantages: Soft dirt or very hard rock on nearby hills, and no visible way to secure food (I hope we get at least manna to supplement a bug/snake diet ..) except from stray animals or horses loosed from nearby ranches up 395 several miles, which is at the time of this writing North; Cold on 2-6-03, nice on 3-8-03, and just one camper here today!

42) Taboose Creek Campground off Aberdeen Station Road / 395; $10 a night (Top)

Same characteristics as Tinnemaha; except not next to hill for wind protection; more flat, and lots of lava-looking rocks South of the area. This area may flood from the Taboose Creek, so please be careful if you select the site. 3-4 campers here today, 3-7-03.

43) Goodale Creek (Top)

Off Goodale Creed Road off 395; boulders everywhere; unsafe.

44) Bakersfield 178 Eastbound (Top)

Note: There may be many PS³ up in the long area around the eastbound/westbound Route 178. High desert dwellers probably do not have to seek a site here unless they are led to do so as most sites in the high desert are already well above the 1000 foot level.

Day Use Area #1 - Route 178 was clearly carved into the side of steep rock covered hillsides (the kind that fall on your head during pole shifts). However, at this particular day use area - located a few files or so past the powerhouse - I can see smooth grass covered hills on the North side of the Kern River, at least 1/2 mile above the winding river below. It would take a day's worth of effort (or more) to haul your survival equipment over the Kern to the relatively safe-looking sides of the Northern slopes. Would it be worth it? Although there are no visible "No Trespassing" signs or cattle ranches in site here, the Zetas said the Sierras are not a safe place. Make the call and decide for yourself.

45) Bakersfield Day Use Area #1 to Lake Isabella (Top)

I do not see any safe place to land from the Day Use Area #1 up until the lake, but I was not looking closely (there may be quite a few sites). Route 178 changes from a 30 MPH road to a 65 MPH double wide highway not too far past the Day Use Area #1. During the pole shift Isabella Dam may break, flooding the you-know-what out of Route 178, and all of Bakersfield too. If you are so inclined to build a PS³ here, build it at least 500 feet or so above the Kern to avoid massive flooding when and if the dam breaks.

46) Lake Isabella (Top)

As viewed from the Auxiliary Dam camping area: Another empty-looking (on 3-7-03) lake, but safe areas may exist all over the place up here. As I said about other lakes, if you're by the lake, you may drown during the actual shift from sloshing waters, etc. On the other hand if you are a safe distance from the lake you may get crushed from the rocks that are on every surrounding hillside (I never said you'd get out of life alive)!

47) Bird Spring Pass (South of 178, as you are heading east from Lake Isabella) (Top)

Jawbone-Butterbredt Area of Critical Environmental Concern: This is a large play area adjacent to the Scodie Mountains, with hills on all sides to break the 100 MPH winds, which hosts an interesting part of the Pacific Crest National Scenic Trail. If you want to weather the PS here, bring enough water to last you up until the shift, desert survival skills - and lots of ol' No. 7. Beautiful, but isolated from the 178 above. You may arrive different ways. Here are two:

1) I arrived by driving South off the 178 east of Lake Isabella on Kelso Valley Road (Kelso Creek Road works too).

2) You may also take Dove Spring Canyon going west off the 14 near Red Rock Canyon.

In either case, take the BLM turnoff heading NE as posted by the Boy Scout sign posted on the left side of the Bird Spring Pass trail - years ago, but still very readable. This whole area could easily handle a large group of up to 2,500 people, their tents, and supplies - it's all public land! As with any decision of this scale - it might be a wise idea to pray, and/or make the "call" before you make plans.

48) Chimney Peak (Top)

Perhaps nice family PS³ sites for families - I'm not sure about this even though that is all I found camping on the dirt road heading Northbound toward the campsites up in the mountains. Not many sites by the 178 heading east from Bakersfield - perhaps you should check it out early! The exit off the 178 was marked clearly (on 3-8-03).

49) Route 14 to West 178 (Heading toward Lake Isabella) (Top)

"Chains Required" turnout ("State Property"): Secluded, no water, could dig a Zetatalk trench in hillside. Buy last minute supplies in Ridgecrest. Wide access road (178); level dirt area for 5- to 150 people and cars, maybe up to 200 cars. About 5 miles west of 14. Desert survival skills highly recommended, bring water.

50) Oak Creek (Just above Independence) (Top)

Unless you and ALL your guests/family are STOs, stay out! Too many rocks, boulders; snuggled almost up against huge mountain.

51) Independence Creek (Top)

Outside "Independence;" boulders everywhere.

52) Walker Pass Trailhead & Campground just off the 178 (Top)

Disadvantages: Very limited BLM parking (no campground parking), no water, information from earlier hunting seasons suggests that bears, dear, and other wild animals live in the habitat. To survive here you should know, among other things, survival secrets of a "clean camp" - before the bears come in and "clean camp." Advantages: Beautiful - if you have to die somewhere during or after the pole shift, why not make it next to the rustic PCNST (Pacific Crest National Scenic Trail - thank you Kevin - for the information about the exact location of the beautiful, famous trail) ..

If you select any sites next to the PCNST (for example, Kennedy Meadow Road/Nine Mile Canyon Road - off the 14 heading west; Freeman Well dirt road exit off the 178, etc.) come a week or more - early, and hide and/or bury lots of fresh water nearby - to hold you (-and a few of your close neighbors) over till the rains and morning dew that start just after the pole shift. Moms and dads: Please don't forget supplies and clothes for the little ones the Zetas said you'll inherit! These little critters may be your Star Children from a former life - oh my!

53. Kennedy Meadows Trek (Top)

The entrance to Kennedy Meadows in the Eastern Sierras may among other surface roads, be accessed via the nicely paved, long and winding, scenic, canyon-hugging Nine Mile Canyon Road, West of the 14 and North of 178 (NW of Ridgecrest). The exit off Route 14 reads as "Kennedy Meadows" - no reference to Nine Mile Canyon Road. It takes 20-30 minutes to get to the top by car - longer if you're hiking, or having sex, abducted by space aliens, having sex with aliens, watching aliens trying to have sex, or stop to look at the incredible scenery. There were no other sentient, warm-blooded vertebrates to be seen driving up this steeply paved road heading west today (3-18-03).

When you reach almost north of Sawtooth Peak (elevation 7970) the road quickly levels and straightens as you enter a forested area. At this first mountaintop intersection visitors may go south (left) down a dirt road to Chimney Rock Peak and campground via Long Valley Loop Road, pull in private driveways nearby, or continue North on Kennedy Meadows Road.

A northbound traveler on Kennedy Meadows Road is presented with a view of forest fire-blackened forests to the west, rolling mountaintops and beautiful meadows and valleys. The forest on the west side of Kennedy Meadows Road was for the most part burned recently by wildfire to blackened tree limbs and trunks; scorched grass, etc. There are several small, scattered ranches up here, mostly on the eastern side; many are only fenced-in camping trailers. There were no people seen anywhere here today around noon (they weren't ALL abducted)!

A closer examination of the landscape of rustic Kennedy Meadows (leading up to the Kennedy Meadows Campground) reveals just a couple of hikers and their dog trekking along the beautiful Pacific Crest National Scenic Trail, grassy meadows, jagged rocks and boulders in places - pointed almost in an upward direction out of the ground in random, unexpected places.

Kennedy Meadows campground on the east side of the South Fork Kern River, near what looked like the end of Kennedy Meadows Road is forested with many camping comfort features (Tel: 760.376.3781), one of the most stunning and natural-looking camping areas I've seen, but from a pole shift perspective, possibly deadly due to all the boulders, etc.

Advantages: More than one entrance to the meadows; water available from South Fork Kern River; tidy looking outhouses in the campground and a pair near the Pacific Crest National Scenic Trail head at the South Fork Kern River crossing. I think there was water in the Kennedy Meadows Campground (which is adjacent to the river) too, but when I saw all the large, dangerous rocks in the camping areas I didn't get out of my flying saucer and test the faucets. The forest west of Kennedy Meadows Road is already 85-90% burned, so "fire from the sky" will probably not be able to burn here as well as in other forested areas. The mulched forest dirt looked ideal to dig a Zetatalk trench almost anywhere along the meadows or on hills on either side of the road. Few ranches - mostly open land on the west side. Disadvantages: Sharp rocks sporadically jutting up out of the hills and meadows almost everywhere, and in several places almost like a strange, rocky moonscape. Suggestion: This whole area is high in the Sierras (http://www.zetatalk.com/info/tinfx036.htm) - it may be a wise idea to look elsewhere for a PS3.

54. Chimney Rock Campground to 178 (Top)

The mostly dirt-and-gravel constructed Canebrake Road (Can He Brake Road?), as it winds steeply down from Kennedy Meadows Road and Chimney Peak/Lamont Meadow west of the 14 has, at times - a surrealistic view of cloud covered jagged mountain peaks and other spectacular scenery. Chimney Rock Campground, east of Dome Land Wilderness has boulders everywhere inside the sloping campground. Soon after driving south for a short distance past the campground, a rare aerial perspective of South Fork Valley unfolds. Traveling down Canebrake Road and stopping occasionally for a look around, is as spectacular a view as anywhere that I've had in the US Southwest, including the Grand Canyon's northern or southern rim, IMHO.

Advantages: Numerous private sites and beautiful scenery in many locations traveling along the winding Canebrake road. Disadvantages: If you select this rugged landscape to be your PS3, you and yours may be at risk from thick forests, meadows, and roads that are quite steep, dirt roads could wash away in places just before the shift, and high valleys and campground with many large rocks and boulders to dislodge and crush non-STOs during the pole shift. Suggestion: select a lower, safer area.

55. Four Corners North of 58 (Top)

What is there more of: elevations called Bear Mountain, cockroaches in South Phoenix, or road crossings called Four Corners? In the Mohave Desert, Four Corners, so-called by truck drivers on CB channel 15 along Route 58, is located about 55 kilometers east of the town of Mojave at the intersection of 58 and 395. A little west of Four Corners is a rest stop with nice facilities in this mostly flat, high desert area just north of Edwards Air Force Base. The wind-blown trek north from Four Corners up 395 reveals mostly flat, unsafe desert (no large mountain for hurricane wind protection nearby). The most notable features of this wind swept area is a large solar collection site, Camp Boron Federal Prison just a little northwest of Four Corners, low desert bushes, and large redundant power line towers running parallel to, and west of 395. 

Advantages: Ghost town filled Rand Mountains; some 30 kilometers north of Four Corners may provide sheltered areas in which to build a Zetatalk trench. Disadvantages: No visible signs of water anywhere, near military base(s) which may have dangerous chemicals, etc., and hungry pole shift-loosed convicts from Camp Boron Federal Prison may perchance find and visit your PS3 camp for coffee, tea, your life, or your wife! Suggestion: Study your maps carefully, Jack.

-- TO BE CONTINUED (as time and money permit) -- (Top)

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