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This Looks Like the End of Cell Phone Coverage Where We Booked a Hotel Room For Our Visit to Yosemite.
Spooky 02
After We Left San Francisco, We Had a Week Without Hotel Reservations, At...
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... One of the Busiest Travel Times of the Year (Independence Day).
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The River Was Raging - They Were Still Skiing in Lake Tahoe So I Assume They Have Snow in Yosemite.
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The Topography Changed a LOT During This Drive.
Spooky 06
Is That a Lake or a Mirage?
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Regardless, It Looks Like a Great Place to Graze.
Spooky 08
Yup - Still Have Snow in the Mountains.
Spooky 09
The Cows Are Greeting Us As...
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... We Enter Bode.
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The Last Few Miles of the Road to Bode Are Unpaved.
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What's Left of Bode Was Abondoned in the 1960's.
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What Remains is About 5% of What Was Present at the Height of the Gold Rush.
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Entering the Mining Graveyard.
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This Mining Equipment Was "Tossed" Aside Decades Ago,...
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... Left to Rust.
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I'm Sure There's Still Gold in Those Hills - Anyone Interested?
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More Mining "Trash".
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Hey, Who's This Miner? He Looks Ready to Dig!
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I'm Sure It Gets Really Nasty Up Here in the Winter.
Spooky 21
We Followed This Small Trail From the Parking Lot Into Town.
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It Really Does Look Like a Collection of "Shacks".
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They're All Wood (Except the Mill in the Background).
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I Guess We Know Why There Are No Trees.
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We Arrived in the Late Afternoon.
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No Waiting for the Out House - Gotta Go?
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Some of the Structures Had New Roofs, Or...
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... Improvements That Indicated a Park Service Employee Was Using Them.
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There's Always a Church in a Mining Town, But...
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... The Minister Was Probably Very Lonely on Sunday's.
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One of the Few True "Homes" in Bodie.
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An Old Barn.
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Imagine This Place in the 1860's!
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One of Bodie's Few Modern Improvements.
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We Did Not Visit the Cemetary.
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Our Visit Was Actually Very Brief.
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Walking Around Gives You a Sense for the Character of Bode.
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The Map Was Very Good, Detailing Stories of the Rise, And...
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... Fall of Bode.
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This Must Have Been the "Suburbs" of Bode.
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There Are No Traffic Signs in Bode 🙂
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I Would Have Liked to Explore the Old Mill.
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Back in the Day, Processing Gold Ore Was a Dangerous And Nasty Business.
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I Wandered Down Here to...
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... Investiagate a Bit More, And...
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... Discovered There's a LOT More to Explore.
Spooky 47
Is That The School House in the Background?
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The Bode Local Fire Company.
Spooky 49
These Guys Could Use a Levy for New Equipment, And...
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... a Few Flashlights!
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Need a Fill-Up?
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Not So Fast. It's Been Some Time Since...
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... Gasoline Contained Lead!
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Time to Head Back To...
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... Pickup My...
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... Passenger!
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Hangin' in the Ghost Town With Dad.
Spooky 58
Electricity? From Where?
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No White Pickett Fences Here.
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Not Much Left of This Vehicle.
Spooky 61
Do You Think The Roof Leaks?
Spooky 62
Evidence of Litter Bugs in Bode.
Spooky 63
This One Looks Hungry.
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Nope, Just Ready to Head to Yosemite!
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Back Through the Mining Graveyard, And...
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... Time to Hit the Dirt Road For...
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... Yosemite. Good Bye Bode.