The third highway drive out of four this past Sunday was California State Route 184 which is largely known as the Weedpatch Highway. CA 184 is a 14 mile north/south highway located entirely in Kern County. I took CA 184 from the southern terminus at CA 223 northward towards CA 178. Between CA 223 and CA 58 the routing of CA 184 is known as the Weedpatch Highway. The first locale on northbound CA 184 is the community of Weedpatch. Weedpatch apparently dates back to the 1920s and once had housing camps for migrants fleeing the Oklahoma Dust Bowl. Directly north of Weedpatch is the community of Lamont. Lamont was also founded in the 1920s and has a very similar connection to the Dust Bowl like Weedpatch. CA 184 north of Lamont to CA 58 is poorly signed and is generally a two-lane road with a central turn-in lane. There were no guide signs that I noticed on the entirety of CA 184. CA 184 crosses und...
Because every road has a story.