Katie wanted to know where the picture at the top of my webpage was taken: Bodie, CA.

Official California State Historic Park Website for Bodie

Just a few pictures from when I was there a few years ago (at bottom of index)

Bodie is a damn cool place. It’s an old ghost town that’s actually pretty well preserved. When I went, it was the middle of the summer and the middle of the day, so it was over 100 degrees. So I didn’t stay as long as I should have.

It’s kind of a creepy place too. When I was exploring the ruins I thought about all the people who lived and died in such an awful place. Looking through the windows into the old houses you could see piles of dirty clothes, ragged children’s dolls, wallpaper peeling off the walls. In the saloons there were still old bottles of whiskey and beer on the counter, and chips on the roulette wheel.

So anyway… Bodie. A California State Historic Park. Cool place.