This Looks Like the End of Cell Phone Coverage Where We Booked a Hotel Room For Our Visit to Yosemite.
After We Left San Francisco, We Had a Week Without Hotel Reservations, At...
... One of the Busiest Travel Times of the Year (Independence Day).
The River Was Raging - They Were Still Skiing in Lake Tahoe So I Assume They Have Snow in Yosemite.
The Topography Changed a LOT During This Drive.
Is That a Lake or a Mirage?
Regardless, It Looks Like a Great Place to Graze.
Yup - Still Have Snow in the Mountains.
The Cows Are Greeting Us As...
The Last Few Miles of the Road to Bode Are Unpaved.
What's Left of Bode Was Abondoned in the 1960's.
What Remains is About 5% of What Was Present at the Height of the Gold Rush.
Entering the Mining Graveyard.
This Mining Equipment Was "Tossed" Aside Decades Ago,...
I'm Sure There's Still Gold in Those Hills - Anyone Interested?
Hey, Who's This Miner? He Looks Ready to Dig!
I'm Sure It Gets Really Nasty Up Here in the Winter.
We Followed This Small Trail From the Parking Lot Into Town.
It Really Does Look Like a Collection of "Shacks".
They're All Wood (Except the Mill in the Background).
I Guess We Know Why There Are No Trees.
We Arrived in the Late Afternoon.
No Waiting for the Out House - Gotta Go?
Some of the Structures Had New Roofs, Or...
... Improvements That Indicated a Park Service Employee Was Using Them.
There's Always a Church in a Mining Town, But...
... The Minister Was Probably Very Lonely on Sunday's.
One of the Few True "Homes" in Bodie.
Imagine This Place in the 1860's!
One of Bodie's Few Modern Improvements.
We Did Not Visit the Cemetary.
Our Visit Was Actually Very Brief.
Walking Around Gives You a Sense for the Character of Bode.
The Map Was Very Good, Detailing Stories of the Rise, And...
This Must Have Been the "Suburbs" of Bode.
There Are No Traffic Signs in Bode :)
I Would Have Liked to Explore the Old Mill.
Back in the Day, Processing Gold Ore Was a Dangerous And Nasty Business.
I Wandered Down Here to...
... Investiagate a Bit More, And...
... Discovered There's a LOT More to Explore.
Is That The School House in the Background?
The Bode Local Fire Company.
These Guys Could Use a Levy for New Equipment, And...
Not So Fast. It's Been Some Time Since...
... Gasoline Contained Lead!
Hangin' in the Ghost Town With Dad.
No White Pickett Fences Here.
Not Much Left of This Vehicle.
Do You Think The Roof Leaks?
Evidence of Litter Bugs in Bode.
Nope, Just Ready to Head to Yosemite!
Back Through the Mining Graveyard, And...
... Time to Hit the Dirt Road For...
... Yosemite. Good Bye Bode.
