9th August 2014 - Bodie and Travertine hot springs

Bodie - a gold-mining ghost town. One day a year "Bodie Day" is held, where the town's supporters dress up & bring some mules, horses & buggies.  We were there.

On the road to Bodie ...

... then on the dirt track

the abandoned buildings

and equipment

You peek through the windows ...

... to see what has been left behind

Inside the hotel

Outside the "hotel"

A store

This lady, standing at the church entrance, told me she was married in this wedding dress, in this church on Bodie day in 2012

Inside the Stamping Mill (on a tour) - the rocks pounded at the top of these tables, mercury added, the amalgam scooped off. 

Travertine springs - just outside Bridgeport

The really hot tub