Feb 11th, 2013 – Yuma
Az Weather – lo 45/hi 65 overcast/windy
Total Kilometers this trip -
11315.9 Km travelled this day – 0
Today we headed out with Herb and
Jody Hood to go to the Castle Dome Mine.
The mine was operated from the mid 1800’s to 1979, mining lead, silver
and other precious metals. Since the
mine closed, the town became a ghost town, and numerous people have owned it
since. It has now been turned into a
museum of sorts, which has many of the old buildings and workings of the
mine. In each building there are stories
of the happenings.
Castle Dome City
Church
Herb having a discussion
Jody and Vadie
School
Gas Station
One of 5 bars in town
Sheriffs office, guy is dead but eyes are open, so Vadie is trying to close them
engine analyzer - good shape
Herb for sale at Merchantile
Stage coach depot
Upper part of stage coach depot
Machine shop
Forge and welding shop
Bank
8 person bunkhouse
graveyard
Once we finished the tour of the
buildings and the 3/8 mile walkabout of the minesites, we decided to head
toward the mountains, then follow the base of the mountain to the highway. Somehow we missed the turn of the “Y” and
ended up right in the mountains, Herb decided to push on and we ended up going
over the mountains, yes, 4 wheel drive was required but it was a beautiful
drive – wasn’t it Jody LOL. There were a
few rough spots – okay miles of rough spots. We ended up driving an additional
56 miles HMMMMM.
Sorry Jody, that your Lexus got a few extra scrapes on the side, Herb, you did a fine job of driving though.
Special People tonight – Les and
Debra Wiley – another fine couple from BC who also own a 88WB. It has been a pleasure to meet them, and work
with Les on repairing the coaches. It
sure helps that we have identical coaches and can swap parts when need be. Thanks Les and Debra for your hospitality.
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