
07/09/2024
Cross one thing off my Bucket list.
I was able to make the trek to Bodie yesterday and what a great experience it was! The ghost town that still lives through the care of California State Parks.
So many cool old buildings with so much stuff of everyday life left behind in them. When town decided to leave they just left what they couldn't carry away. Even the grocery store was left with all the goods still on the shelves. The two brothers who owned it, shuttered the windows and said that they would return if things got better. Well they never returned.
Hard to believe that a town that boasted up to 12 thousand, with a Main street almost a mile long, (and 65 Saloons) that it would be reduced to this. Having two devastating fires didn't help.
I highly recommend a visit to Bodie! If you don't believe me, just ask John Wayne and U2...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXt59FPdbKY