Published in Fencepost: East Kern County January 2016. www.fencepostpaper.com We're new to the area with a get-a-way house in your area. Young grandchildren and a long drive to another rural retreat made us look closer to our Ventura County home for a spot to escape to – – I mean, we wanted to be closer to the grandchildren rather than escape from them. We like to think you might anticipate what a place should look and feel like from its name. We're still looking for that lake you keep talking about and the locale of a weird watery creature called a bodfish. But there are plenty of place names that do describe the setting. One soon learns there is a Basin and a Pass, both named after Mr
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