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RIDGECREST, CALIFORNIA
RIDGECREST is a gem tucked away at the base of the Sierra Nevada in the high desert (above: Little Petroglyph Canyon, on the nearby China Lake Naval Air Weapons Station). A fairly young community (c. 1940), it is just now seeing its growth spurt. Within an hour and a half is some of the greatest fun California has to offer: Death Valley; Tehachapi and Laws (trains); Mammoth Mountain (skiing); Lone Pine (fishing, and backpacking …