According to Wikipedia, Inyokern has the highest insolation of any locale on the North American continent, having more than 355 days of sunshine each year, hence its motto: The Sunshine Capital of America.
Laura Hickle opened the door to one of the four prefabricated units sitting on a dirt parcel on a sunny July morning on East Las Flores Avenue in Ridgecrest, triggering the latest in a series of long steps marking the goal of moving the US Naval Museum of Armament and Technology from Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake to Ridgecrest.
The Ridgecrest Petroglyph Festival will return for a fourth year this fall, running Saturday, Nov. 4, and Sunday, Nov. 5, 2017, continuing with its changes made last year for the third festival.