Kelso Post, in the heart of the Mojave Desert, California

on an 8 hour road trip Friday to see Route 66 nad Mojave Desert - wow lots of desolate space in California, we visited

 Keslo Post, now a tourist centre for the Mojave Desert National Reserve

 But built in 1925 and operated until 1985 as a train station and a barracks for work crews - the area was first a centre for ranches, later iron ore mines, heading to Chicago

 about a 100 years ago these southern Calcifornia deserts received enough rain to support large ranches, now they are too dry, but still some cattle are ranged in the lowland deserts such as the Mojave, not like before however.

 Kelso Post is still a centre and large trains pass through, but not passengers