Tehachapi's Online Community News & Entertainment Guide
Tehachapi's Online Community News & Entertainment Guide
Windswept Ranch
Malachi, a Bactrian camel, is well worth the drive to Windswept.
Windswept Ranch is in the middle of nowhere and almost every Saturday we get calls from people who are lost trying to find us. When coming out for a visit, look for the tall yellow banners and the sign (pictured above) to help find your way.
Windswept Ranch is in the middle of nowhere and almost every Saturday we get calls from people who are lost trying to find us. When coming out for a visit, look for the tall yellow banners shown above.
It happens almost every Saturday: I get calls from people who are lost. They just can't find us. Most times, they just haven't traveled far enough south on Tehachapi Willow Springs Rd. But occasionally, they have made the mistake of putting the physical address in their GPS and found themselves in the middle of nowhere.
While I acknowledge that we are in the middle of nowhere, we are not where your GPS takes you. In fact, when I think about it, we are centrally located just 18 miles from Albertsons in Tehachapi, Albertsons in Rosamond, and Stater Brothers in Mojave. I know it is confusing. Even the county was confused when they gave us our address: They gave us a Rosamond zip code, but put us in Tehachapi school district.
So if you are lost, just imagine how we feel. We try hard to mark our location clearly so people can find us, but occasionally I get calls from some very frustrated people who are, well, lost. I have been yelled at, called a liar, and once even cussed out by these people who just cannot find the way.
So here it is: We are 11 miles south of the intersection of Highline and Tehachapi Willow Springs. Not 10 miles, not 13 miles, 11 miles. We are 13 miles north of the intersection of Rosamond Boulevard and 90th/Tehachapi Willow Springs. On SATURDAYS, the only day we are open, we have a sign and banners to mark our dirt road. I am including pictures of the sign and banners in hopes that it will help the lost. Please have faith and drive the 11 miles or the 13 miles. It will be worth the trip. And if you do get lost, call me but understand that because we are in the middle of nowhere, your call may not get to me right away.
Right now, we have an amazing Bactrian camel bottle baby named Malachi. He alone is worth the drive. When you add in the other 127 animals on the property, there really is a lot to see and learn about. I can guarantee you will not leave the ranch without learning something, even if it just how to tell the difference between a sheep and a goat.
We are open SATURDAYS only from 10–4 p.m. This Saturday, August 15, we will be closed so our volunteers can enjoy the Mountain Festival.
