{"id":6045,"date":"2012-05-29T11:03:48","date_gmt":"2012-05-29T18:03:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/?p=6045"},"modified":"2012-05-29T11:05:13","modified_gmt":"2012-05-29T18:05:13","slug":"alien-fresh-jerky-out-in-the-desert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/alien-fresh-jerky-out-in-the-desert\/","title":{"rendered":"Alien Fresh Jerky Out in the Desert"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"img\" src=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/images\/bakesign.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"922\" height=\"456\" \/><\/p>\n<p>You&#8217;re driving along in the desert, mile after mile. And it really is as brown as the pictures portray it. This is a place where you actually welcome the sight of a road signs to break up the monotony, though stepping out of the car this time of year is guaranteed to give you a blast of heat (today the temperature is a mild 87 degrees, but the average is normally around 100.<\/p>\n<p>The banners are simple and they grab your attention. If you&#8217;re looking for Alien (as in UFO) Fresh Jerky, Stuffed Olives, 100% Honey Free Samples, or a Strawberry Shake, this is the Place to Stop. Exit Baker Blvd. in Baker, Calif. off the 1-15 to see what they&#8217;re currently selling to road travelers. Baker, home to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/gateway-to-death-valley-worlds-tallest-thermometer-in-baker\/\">World&#8217;s Tallest Thermometer<\/a>, is a 3 hour drive from L.A. and 90 minutes from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/new-york-paris-vacations-in-nevada\/\">Las Vegas<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You&#8217;re driving along in the desert, mile after mile. And it really is as brown as the pictures portray it. This is a place where you actually welcome the sight of a road signs to break up the monotony, though stepping out of the car this time of year is guaranteed to give you a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[29],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6045"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6045"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6045\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6045"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6045"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6045"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}