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Photo by Rudy Gutierrez via AP
This iconic ice cream parlor and candy shop that opened in 1909, remains a staple among locals and out-of-town visitors today. In fact, over the past year, Dewar’s expanded and opened two new locations including one with a convenient drive-thru in the southwest. For those with a sweet tooth, the tasty taffy comes in flavors like chocolate almond, peanut butter and jelly, spumoni, pistachio and peppermint (a holiday party favorite), and are sold in up to five-pound boxes. (That’s the thing about these mouth-watering chews, you can’t have just one.) The same goes for Dewar’s ice cream, too. Unless you’re armed with a friend in tow, and share one of their more than generous helpings of a classic banana split or George’s special, you’re bound to suffer from an ice cream coma.
Edwards Air Force Base Breaking the sound barrier is no easy feat. Celebrate this engineering wonder right where the magic happened: Head over to Edwards Air Force Base where Chuck Yeager made history and helped Edwards become a hub of science and engineering marvels. The base is named after Glen Edwards, an Air Force captain, who died in 1948 after flying the prototype flying wing bomber. His death inspired Jack Northrop to improve its design, leading to the aircraft that we know today as the B2-Spirit stealth bomber. This base that pioneered the escape capsules we see in today’s Hollywood action films is still the only Hypersonic X-51A WaveRider being tested. Visitors are encouraged to attend Flight Test Nation, an annual air show and open house or attend one of Edwards’ twice-monthly tours, which are free to the public.
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Bakersfield Life
August 2012