All posts by Michael F Ballard

Michael F Ballard is the author and administrator of the Southern California Regional Rocks and Roads website, https://socalregion.com, since 1995. I have been studying the geology and highway history throughout southern California for most of my life. I am also the President of the Ridge Route Preservation Organization. Founder of the Historic Highway 99 Association of California, https://historic99.org .
Image, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Road Signs

Image of the Week – 2/9/15

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The Modern Heart of Los Angeles - 1st and Main next to City Hall
The Modern Heart of Los Angeles – 1st and Main next to City Hall
Bicycling, Bike Share, San Diego, San Diego County, Updates

Bike Share is now Active in San Diego!

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After months of delays, it would appear that San Diego has finally joined the list of cities with a Bike Share program. I had posted earlier on this site that the system was to be implemented in November. Delays with the actual installation of the docking stations, mostly due to local site requests, have mostly been dealt with. Now, 20 stations around the downtown area have opened, with a few in the south end of Balboa Park.

http://www.decobike.com/sandiego/map-location

Fault, Geology, Image, La Jolla, San Diego, San Diego County

Image of the Week – 1/19/15

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Normal fault in Cretaceous turbidite deposits in the La Jolla Shores area.
Normal fault in Cretaceous turbidite deposits in the La Jolla Shores area.
Baja California, Highways, Image, Mexico, San Diego, San Diego County, San Ysidro

Image of the Week – 1/11/15

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Border Monument at the San Ysidro crossing.
Border Monument at the San Ysidro crossing.
Updates

HWY99MN Officially Retired

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After having this license plate, HWY99MN, since around 2004, it was time to retire the plate. I had planned to keep it but found it was going to be too problematic to convert it to a motorcycle plate and reassign it to one of my bikes. I have since replaced the plate with two better options for US 6 and US 99. So, on Monday, December 22, I turned my plate in to the DMV and surrendered interest in it. It was fun while it lasted.

My old license plate.
My old license plate.