Anybody that's travel I-10 between California and Arizona has seen the complex at Chiriaco Summit and maybe did a bathroom or stretch the legs break. I'd done that dozens of times and finally decided to make time to go in the museum and grab lunch at the restaurant. Good decision, great hamburger and shake and some interesting items in the museum. I haven't been that way now in a couple of years and have read that they've reorganized some, built another building to get some of the equipment under shelter and have more items on display.
https://whulsey.smugmug.com/Military/2014-09-27-Patton-Museum-Chiriaco-Summit-CA/i-pFGNX36
Da Vinci catapult replica; Dodge Waterous fire truck; teddy bear cholla (you don't want to hug this) this is desert so especially in summer you need to be careful; US M578 Wrecker-Crane 1965 Bowen-McLaughlin-York side lf