Saturday, July 25, 2009

Creepy Ghost Town

Hi,
I want to get on here to tell everyone...if you don't hear from us in three days...send the troops. We pulled into this little town of Calico...an old mining town that is now a "ghost town" and wandered through the county camping park - couldn't find anything that looked like an RV hookup (we planned to stay here). Everything is dead - looks like water never finds its way to this community. Dry - dry - dry - and very hot - well over 100 degrees...the tallest thermometer (which we saw from the interstate on the way here) said it was 110 degrees). We believe it. Anyway, these two guys show up in a county vehicle (or so it appears) and said, "Hey, you staying here tonight...do you have a reservation?" There is only one other vehicle in this entire park - which looks like it could take in another 80 campers. "Ummm...no sir, but we were told we didn't need reservations. Is this a problem?" Guy in the truck, "No, but you need to pay and get registered." Me: "We didn't see anywhere to do that when we drove in...who do we pay." Guy in the truck: "Me." He was wearing a uniform...so we paid him. This place seems to be one of those horror movie type of locations - for real. I think we will get out the trusty S&W and have it handy just in case Jason or Frankenstein come knocking on our door in the middle of the night. We will not answer any knocks after dark! There is one restaurant in the "town." The town is nothing more than the ghost town buildings, as far as we can see. We are getting ready to walk up this small mountain to find the restaurant - and are possibly taking our lives in our hands. Pray for us.
Nite~
Carol and Ken

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