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Ghost Town: The Bumpy Road To Bodie

When I was very small, I had one of those horses on springs. I would jump on it and bounce around furiously while my Dad would urge me on, calling out to me to "Ride that horse down the bumpy road to Bodie!"


Before I was born, my family had taken a trip to the High Sierras and my Dad and Mom never forgot the potholes they had to navigate their 56 Chevy station wagon over. It was a memory they spoke of often. When I got a little older, I got to visit Bodie with my folks, navigating a slightly more modern Chevy station wagon over those same potholes. Bodie became a lasting part of my consciousness as well.


There's something about the air in the High Sierras... and the light too. Bodie felt like another planet... still... quiet.. except for the incessant wind blowing through the boards. Even as a child, it seemed to me to be a very special place.


Throughout my life, I've had a special interest in ghost towns. As a Boy Scout, my Dad would take me camping at Calico Ghost Town. I'm still not entirely sure why sagebrush and shacks appeal to me so much, but it has something to do with the stillness left behind.


I know there aren't really any ghosts here, but that doesn't mean that I don't still feel their presence. People always leave a mark on the land... just like the sun, and the wind and the rains do.


I love places like this, and to this day, I dream of riding that horse down the bumpy road to Bodie.


I have a photograph of me as a toddler stark naked riding the horse, but it's locked up in a drawer. Don't bother to ask.

Here's a great documentary on Bodie from the mid-1950s... probably not too long before my folks first navigated those legendary potholes...

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