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Over the Altamont Pass

From Livermore we drive first over the Altamont Pass on the 1913 route.

In the first several pictures that is the historic Summit Garage which predates the Lincoln. I saw someone inside working on a car and had a good chat with him. Compare the first four (taken in Nov. 2016 after the start of the rains) to the earlier pictures taken at the same site (in mid-summer 2016). What a stark contrast.

The photos which follow are of the Altamont Pass windmills and the now closed Altamont Speedway – the site of the infamous 1969 Rolling Stones concert.

In one of the pictures that is the California Aqueduct, a key part of the California State Water Project.