Culver City, California
We left Ridgecrest this morning after driving passed the China Lake Naval Weapons Center - as we are in the middle of the desert we thought this was a bit odd! Apparently 85% of the Navy's land weapons are there and it is used for research, development, testing and evaluation. I think you would feel ripped off if you joined the Navy to see the world and you ended up at China Lake Naval Weapons Center - after all, they don't even have a lake!
The first town we ca...