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You can see it was a temperate 74 degrees this Monday afternoon (April 19th, 2004) when I stopped in Baker to take this picture... (In the midsummer we've seen this thing reading 90 at 11:30 PM!)





The round red sign at the bottom is not very legible in this photo but reads: Baker CA, Gateway to Death Valley


At 134 feet its height is
symbolic of the highest temperature
ever recorded in the U.S. (134F) at
nearby Death Valley in 1913




     Baker, the town


     Bun Boy Restaurant
        (Famous place to stop and eat
           on the drive to/from Vegas)

 

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