Inyokern is a world wide known soaring site because of its outstanding soaring location. This…read morefavorable desert/mountain geography has resulted in the achievement of world and national soaring records in the vicinity. Many sailplane pilots come from all over to fly the Sierras from here. The club does primary flight training, provides aerotow, great location for cross country and wave flying. Special deals for distance members and sailplane owners. The club also provides commercial sailplane flights. This club is an extremely affordable way to fly with a lot of great pilots in it's ranks.

Our family has been part of the program since January 2026, and the experience has been nothing…read moreshort of transformative for our children. From day one, the coaching staff has been phenomenal. They excel at both supporting and motivating every student, creating an environment where kids feel encouraged to push their limits while feeling safe and respected. We have watched our children make remarkable progress in several key areas: they are much better at regulating their emotions, they've gained noticeable confidence, and they've improved significantly in strength, coordination, and motor skills. These are skills that benefit them far beyond the mat in school, at home, and in everyday life. One aspect we value most is the program's commitment to a consistent standard of excellence for the entire class, regardless of any disabilities or individual challenges. This inclusive yet high-expectation approach has been a major positive for our family. It teaches all students discipline, respect, and resilience in a way that works well for all types of students. From what we've observed, they are patient, communicative, and clearly give students multiple opportunities to adjust to the expectations. The program's structure and expectations appear to be applied consistently and with care. Parents also seem to be highly involved in helping their children to achieve their goals. They offer unlimited classes that are available 6 days a week for the price which is a much better value than other options that only offer classes once or twice a week. Programs like this are rare, providing high-quality, structured physical activity that delivers genuine developmental benefits for children, including those with special needs (autism/ADHD).

I enrolled my special needs son and my youngest after hearing the program was through Heartland and…read morepromoted anti-bullying values. At first things seemed fine, but over time the class became way over capacity, practice time was cut by 15 minutes, prices raised, and there isn't even enough room for students to properly practice. From what I've seen, they also don't properly stretch the kids before training, and a lot of class time ends up focused on conditioning instead of actual instruction and learning. My son showers before and after class, so cleanliness hasn't been an issue on our end. Most recently, he was asked to do 150 burpees in the corner alone before being allowed to join class because he had a little dirt on his feet, which was really concerning for us. I also witnessed the instructor bring multiple children to tears during class, which felt excessive and difficult to watch. Based on our experience, I'd suggest parents take a close look and consider other schools with a more balanced approach, better instruction, and adequate space for training.

Novascone Family Martial Arts is more than just a Taekwondo Dojang. They welcomed our whole family…read moreinto the studio and continue to help my child and I with self esteem and confidence daily!! My kiddo started when he was 4. Before we joined he was having problems keeping his hands off other children at preschool. Mr. Berry taught him discipline, control of his emotions, and most importantly that it was not ok to hurt other people. Within a month we no longer had this problem!! I was amazed!! Mr. Berry and Mrs. Novascone treated us like family and provided a trusting, comfortable environment while setting boundaries and demanding discipline from my little guy. We have been attending classes multiple times a week for over a year. My husband, my kiddo, and I absolutely love Novascone Family Martial Arts and cannot imagine life without them!!!

Angela is by far one of the very best yoga instructors I've ever had. She gives wonderful massages…read moreand her personal wellness program helped me succeed in backpacking a portion of the JMT

I moved to Ridgecrest from the Bay Area where yoga is taken VERY seriously. I've practiced in…read morecountless studios over the last 7 years with more or less frequency and intensity. Angela is one of the better instructors I've had for sure, she has a great knowledge of using prop's to get into the proper alignment (which is the entire point of receiving the most benefit from your yoga practice if you ask me). The studio is beautiful and spacious. There are plenty of class offerings and pleasant chanting to start/center your practice. Definitely the most professional/best practice studio in town. Angela is warm and friendly - If you're new to yoga this is a great place to start to begin seeing real benefits in your body - there's never an age limit to starting yoga.

I'm writing a specific review for this field trip, which is part of the larger Gem-O-Rama…read morehttp://www.yelp.com/biz/gem-o-rama-searles-valley event because technically you can just register for an field trip as a stand alone, and not do any of the other activities. Usually on Sunday (the second day of Gem-O-Rama). In fact, we arrived Saturday night, and only attended the Pink Halite Field Trip. The Pink Halite field trip is probably the most physically demanding of all the field trips at Gem-O-Rama. It involves prying, wading, hacking, chipping, feeling, and moments of disappointment and excitement. First of all you have to register at 7:30AM on the morning of your field trip, at the Searles Lake Gem & Mineral Society lapidary and show building. And we were there, right after getting the pancake breakfast at the Trona Community Church just a few blocks away. People were already starting to gather and get in line. $15 pays for one car, with however many people and equipment it can fit. YOU WILL NEED: You can rent a heavy bar (1 inch solid steel, 6 feet long, with a 2 inch shovel blade), for $40 from the General Store inside the show room. (You get $30 upon return of your pole). You will have to bring a good hammer, buckets, boxes, and heavy gloves. I also recommend wearing clothes you don't ever plan on wearing again, a t-shirt (sun burn protection), and wide brimmed hat, pants and old sneakers or boots. Now how do they organize this event, if several hundred people are going to it? They set up a convoy system. Outside the show building they have rows where you can park your car in. When it's time to leave and be led to the brine fields on the Searles Valley Minerals Inc they have one line go, then another. SO I recommend parking your car, then going to register and pick up supplies you might need. But make sure you get back to your car, they start the convoy at 9AM sharp. WHY am I giving you this specific advice? Well collecting Halite is a dirty, wet, smelly, and strenuous. To understand more about Halite and the collecting process I suggest checking this link out http://www1.iwvisp.com/tronagemclub/Lake-Collecting.htm and google Halite to find out more about this mineral form of sodium chloride. Also watch the repeating video in the show building for tips and information about the field trip. THE FIELD TRIP: Everyone parks on big salt flat, and lugs their equipment out to the designated Brine Pools (about 1 square mile across). First of all the smell of sulfur and salt water is intense, it only gets worse in the pools, but you get used to it. You'll hear popping from the air cannons randomly, they are there to scare the birds away. You walk on salt, which sounds like glass and cornflakes, and can often crack beneath your feet, watch your step. In order to harvest you'll have to feel around for ledges in the pools, which means getting in. The rust to merlot colored stuff floating in the pools is dead salt-loving bacteria. Don't worry, they just smell bad and don't bite. Basically Feel under the ledges, if you feel square places, that's Halite. Start hacking! Use your pole to pry and crack. Flip it over and see what you got! I won't tell you much about the tricks of the trade, that's something you have to learn on your own. We ended up with two nice specimens, red and green. Green being very rare. But it took us about 3 of the 4 hours to finally find a pool that had the right signs. I fell in using all my weight on the bar to get the green ledge out. When the field trip ended, everyone hiked back to their cars to bring them around to pick up the rocks, equipment and salt encrusted people. Little did we know we had traversed the entire square mile of bring pools to the other side! Anyway...if you plan on doing this, do your research. It could be terribly miserable if you are not prepared. You'll get angry, you'll get sad, you'll get glad! When you find that perfect matrix you'll be hooting and hollering. We heard lotsa folks doing it! Some people brought gurneys and specially made carts to haul their rocks out. At the end of the day your cloths will be stiff as a board, shoes completely wrecked, you'll smell like rotten eggs even after you shower, and you might get sunburned. You'll have bruises and scraps and won't want salty food for a while. But you'll drive home with some great stuff!

WOW! I can't believe we have such a high-quality escape room venue here in our little town of…read moreRidgecrest! I wish I could give an extra star or two. We had two groups of four that played Alice's Dream last night, and everyone had a blast and walked away extremely impressed. This was Room #16 for me, with the majority of those having been rooms highly recommended by the escape room enthusiast community. So I've experienced a dozen top-notch rooms. I'm very excited to report that The Game Vault rivals the best rooms I've experienced! It is readily apparent that an extraordinary amount of time, effort, love, (and probably money) went into developing this room. The room was extremely immersive, made good use of tech, and was right on theme. The puzzles were diverse and a solid level of complexity that should appeal to both the less-experienced and the enthusiast. This is not a chain or someone looking to cash in on a concept that is surging in popularity. This is created by people who are apparently Ridgecrest locals and obviously have an appreciation of the craft. The owners were very friendly, and we thoroughly enjoyed chatting with them about escape rooms, Ridgecrest, and their venture in bringing the two together. The entire experience was amazing! I will definitely be returning as they open more rooms in coming months. I highly suggest you check them out as well!

Don't let the current exterior fool you or concern you, the game vault is a great experience here…read morein Ridgecrest. My family and I had never done an escape room, and we had a lot of fun, once we figured out the idea ( still got the 3rd fastest time). Cool artwork, great props, clever puzzles, solidly constructed. We can't wait til they get their next room ready!

This is where I just ran my first ever Ultra Marathon. I…read morehave not ever run a marathon, so I wanted to just go right past it and do this. I could not have picked a better race. The event is very well run, and they have many many sponsors and some incredible volunteers. The course is beautiful in a High Desert kinda way ... sparse vegetation ... dirt roads ... no shade ... love it love it love it. Not for everyone .. . 50k is really far ... but if you are interested you could not pick a better supported with nicer volunteers than this one. We also lucked out on perfect weather ... partly cloudy ... 50 degrees ... no wind. PERFECT. Out.

My hubs recently was told by a local that a great place to hike is RHV, which is near the 365…read morehighway and where S. China Lake Blvd meet or end depending on where you're coming from. It can be easy to miss if your coming from out of town, but thankfully there is a tall brown sign that helps you find the right turn in spot. Just a word of advice, if you have a truck or a car that sits higher, definitely take that as opposed to a low riding car. My car sits low and was painful to hear the scratching noise it made while I drove into the parking area and out. There's actually no designated parking lot but you do have the option of parking closer toward the entrance or further in. I wasn't sure exactly how far to go, so I parked near a semi circle where there were a row of rocks and noticed while we were walking, if we went in a little further, we would've found another lot. This was our first time there and I LOVED it! We normally go to RH behind Cerro Coso College, but we've been trying to find alternative routes since we like to let our dog off the lease and there tends to be way more hikers/atv/mountain bike/bikers there. There were a few other cars there but we didn't run into anyone walking. We did see a few bikers, but thankfully there's a couple paths to choose from that lead to similar trails. The only thing I didn't like about this area, which like the other is there aren't any trash cans around. But other than that, there are definitely some challenging trails with steep paths, that seem to go on and on for miles. We also saw a couple piles of shingles, broken bottles, trash, shotgun shells and heard what sounded like loud booms (which I've heard on the other side of RH plenty of times. Now that it's getting warmer and soon, very very hot, make sure you take plenty of water, as there are no water fountains nearby. There is a Shell gas station about a quarter of a mile away, so you can pick up a couple bottles if you forgot your own!