Bodie California ghost town (October 21, 2002)

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Related sites:
Bodie (California State Historical Park web site)
Toiyabe National Forest (USFS site)
to order map of Bridgeport Ranger District
White Mountain California Area
Masonic California ghost town
Bicycle Death Ride Markleeville California

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Range of Light

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Tioga Pass from Bodie Hills. Mono Lake at lower left. Temp 19 degrees F.

 

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Get me to the church in time!

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Fortunately, previous owners did, and and now the California State Parks Dept continues preserving in a state of "arrested decay"

 

last light's rays ripple

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corrugated tin bears no rust in this dry clime

 

Fill 'er up?

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Mill town

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Fire cart watches... structure relaxes

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Widow's peak?

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Low down!

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no bones to warm

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Amazingly, rangers living in period quarters year round use historically accurate wood heat: softwood logs hauled from hills many miles away. Given the low heat output from each softwood log, they must spend a lot of winter time just keeping warm. Low on an October was typically 19 degrees F.

 

Dust for dinner?

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life on the outside...

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Not a shark for miles...

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Letting grass grow under the wheels

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Industrious, Illustrious past

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Get a grip? (Nothing to hang on for....)

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Hopin' for Lady Luck in the back seat

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Nick catches the day's last rays from the town's Low Rider

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