plank road: Traveling Rainer: California's Imperial Sand Dunes and the Plank Road - 07/12/10 11:46 PM

Imperial Sand Dunes
This color photo is what California's Imperial Sand Dunes look like today from my vantage point just south of Interstate 8. 
The dunes themselves haven't changed since time immemorial.  What's changed in the last century is the road.  I-10 allows cars and trucks to traverse the dunes at 70 miles per hour in just a few minutes. It wasn't always the cae.
Between 1909 and 1927, Henry Ford built more than 15,000,000 Model T cars and trucks.  The Ford Motor Company transformed the way people in the United States moved around. 
Arizona became the 48th state of … (38 comments)

 
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