Felicity, California (Desert Week 2011)
Did you know that the ‘Official Center of the World’ lies just off of an exit ramp in the middle of the Sonoran Desert of California? It’s true. There’s even a plaque and everything. In 1985, skydiving pioneer/investor/budding children’s author Jacques-André Istel wrote about a fictional town at the centre of the world named after his wife, Felicia, in his fairy tale book, Coe The Good Dragon at the Center of the World. The next year, he decided to make his fictional town a reality. Choosing a desert site along Interstate 8 in Imperial County, California near the…