Calico Ghost Town is located just outside Barstow, California. About 2 hours from Shanes parents, but we didn't have any plans today, so off we set. Nathan decided to stay with the grandparents to catch up on homework. Good kid.
The first and last time I visited this Ghost Town was as a newlywed. We stopped on our way up to Utah to "settle". :) Back then....they used to have fun gun shows but now due to liability insurance, they had to put the brakes on all the fun. Bummer.
Myron LOVES rocks, exploring, history etc. So, this was pretty much his dream come true.
The ghost town is so neat. Eerie but neat. The fact that 1800 or so people lived here at one point is down right....."ghostly". :) It wasn't hard to imagine people walking around, doing their shopping, going to church....wait....there wasn't a church there! This might explain the 80 saloons that took up the town. The town itself had at one point, 300 buildings. The town caught fire twice and had to be rebuilt. Wow.
This little bath house made a great 3 little piggies house.
The underground mine tour. Quite fun actually!
We hiked up a little way and I just couldn't help but take photos of Mae in her sky colored dress. Truth be told, I snapped over 250 photos throughout the day. Couldn't help it. The scenery couldn't be lovelier.
It was incredibly windy. Thank heavens because it was around 85 degrees out.A look at the town below. I would love to live back then.....for a week.
Love this below shot.
Rylan had just as much fun as Myron. They found all sorts of cool rocks and arrowheads.
This house below was made of adobe and bottles.
The train ride was very informative and neat.
Which would you choose? Apparently back then....most hardly EVER bathed! Stinky!
I REALLY wanted some photos of Mae in front of the beautiful old school, but this was when she decided to have a melt down so....this is what we ended up with. I do really like this shot still.
Enjoying some Sarsparilla. Yum.
On the way home, we stopped by Vasquez to do some hiking. Shane used to come here as a child. It was incredible.
And that's all she wrote. We are heading to the LA Zoo tomorrow and to the Olivers on Saturday now. Ciao!
Love this below shot.
Rylan had just as much fun as Myron. They found all sorts of cool rocks and arrowheads.
This house below was made of adobe and bottles.
The train ride was very informative and neat.
Which would you choose? Apparently back then....most hardly EVER bathed! Stinky!
I REALLY wanted some photos of Mae in front of the beautiful old school, but this was when she decided to have a melt down so....this is what we ended up with. I do really like this shot still.
Enjoying some Sarsparilla. Yum.
On the way home, we stopped by Vasquez to do some hiking. Shane used to come here as a child. It was incredible.
And that's all she wrote. We are heading to the LA Zoo tomorrow and to the Olivers on Saturday now. Ciao!
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