The End of the (Mother) Road
We had a hardy breakfast at the Wagon Wheel and set out for Pasadena. Today’s travels would take us through the heart of the Mojave Desert. Our first stop was at the little “town” of Goffs, the location of a restored 1914 schoolhouse run by the Mojave Desert Historical and Cultural society and not much else. We didn’t plan on stopping at Goffs, but the guidebook mentioned it and it was right on the route. Goffs, like any of the ghost towns we’ve visited, was originally a railroad water stop and for railroad workers and their families. At most it probably had 200 people around the turn of the century, and is now the home of 6 hardy souls and the director of the Cultural Society who only lives there 5 days a week. Old road grading equipment in Goffs. Much of RT66 was dirt in this area until the 1930s. Goffs was bypassed by RT66 after only a few years and was essentially abandoned after serving as a canteen for local troops in WWII. One person at the museum told me Patton had h...
