Our Location: Near American Girl Mine Road, BLM, CA
A cloudy morning this morning, we had a splash or two of sunshine but nothing that lasted long. Warm temperatures though, with no wind. After a pancake breakfast we headed out to the old Ghost Town of Tumco. I visited last year but we thought it would be a good walk and we'd see something different.
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| Sunshine first thing way off in the distance. |
So today's photos are mostly of the old town of Tumco just up the road from our current location. A few campers there but the roads are very rough, even going slowly they are grueling to pass over.
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| That is sand, very hard packed sand. |
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| In the wash, the sand isn't as hard packed in places. |
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| The sand is almost orange in colour. |
Our walk there had us doing a little over 2 miles by the time we got back to the Dogsled. Pretty easy walking even though some of it was in the loose sand.
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| Water eroding the sand here. |
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| It's hard to imagine that is sand, isn't it? |
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| Broken apart. |
Returning home we settled in to read and spent the rest of the day inside as the rain started slowly around noon. It never rained hard but a continuous light sprinkle all afternoon and into the evening, not a sopping wet kind of rain but enough to run off the tilt windows that we had open this afternoon. A thick cloud cover meant no sign of the sunset at all.
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| Riley at a hole in the sand wall. |
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| The sides of the wash that we walked in. |
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| Sand that has blown or washed off the hard packed areas. |
A Happy Birthday to Dad's friend Marion. The birthday lady is moving along in her early 90's. We wish her a wonderful day.
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| The layers can be thin in places. |
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| So fine, isn't it? |
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| Wonder how it holds together. |
So there you have it, a pretty quiet day with a nice walk this morning but a very lazy afternoon due to rain. Hope you enjoy the photos.
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| A mine opening way up there. |
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| Tailings way in the back and more orange sand in the front. |
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| I think water has undermined this section. |
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| The ruins of a building. Do you see the doll? |
Until next time.. take care, be safe,
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| No two alike. |
