Leucadia Blog: Authentic Cowboy on the Leucadia 101

Monday, April 15, 2013

Authentic Cowboy on the Leucadia 101

This guy has been making his way down the southern California coast all week. Photos by Fred Caldwell on Sunday.

5 comments:

UnknownApril 15, 2013 10:22 PM
I saw him yesterday on the freeway going through Camp Pendleton. He was just riding along the emergency lane, which created a bit of traffic jam as drivers slowed down to look at this unusual site.
I hear this, his name is John, has been pestered left and write by police everywhere in Southern California.
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MikeApril 16, 2013 7:42 AM
He is trying to make a statement to all the enviromantics. Before cars, people did not walk.
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ObservorApril 16, 2013 9:49 AM
Clem a-gittin' ready fer tha Apococolyps that be a-comin'...YEEEEEEHAWWWWW!!!
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BCApril 18, 2013 1:35 PM
This guy's name is The "Long Rider" Doc Mishler. He's an interesting dude. You can read more about him here:

http://www.yovenice.com/2013/04/07/long-rider-doc-mishler-in-venice/

I got a photo of him under the Encinitas sign, here:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/78454195@N02/8649856019/in/photostream
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FREDApril 20, 2013 11:35 AM
The Coast News has a great pic of him under the Kook with a few locals this week.
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About Leucadia

Leucadia is a funky little beach community located in North San Diego county in southern California. Leucadia is the north section of the city of Encinitas.

English spiritualists settled the small coastal community of Leucadia in 1870, and are reputed to have danced, in diaphanous white robes in the little Roadside Park (Leucadia Blvd and Hwy 101).

The spiritualists are the reason so many of the streets are named after Greek gods and goddesses. Leucadia is Greek for "a sheltered place." Heritage Eucalyptus trees, planted in the 1880s, still grace the highway. When President Roosevelt passed through Leucadia in an open car during the Depression, local children climbed the Eucalyptus trees to wave to him.

Change happens slowly in this nostalgic little California beach town. In lieu of fast food restaurants and franchise chain stores, Leucadia has two miles of Mom 'n Pop businesses, and that's the way everyone likes it. The town war cry is "Keep Leucadia Funky."

Leucadia played an active role in the rebirth of the classic Highway 101 shield, restored in 1997, and was part of the successful 101 Campaign to have Highway 101 declared an historic route.

Leucadia is experiencing growing pains and culture clash in these first decades of the 21st century...

*note - the Leucadia Blog is mostly inactive at this time