Wednesday, November 28, 2007
Calico Ghost Town
Over the Thanksgiving weekend (last Fri - Sun), Hayley and I went camping with another dad and daughter in their tent trailer. We headed out to Calico Ghost Town on I-15 on the way to Las Vegas. I had passed it many times, but never stopped.
Calico was purchased and restored by Walter Knott (of Knott's Berry Farm fame) in the early 20th Century. He eventually turned it over to San Bernardino County and it is now a county park.
We stayed at the town's campground which was a great place to camp. Lots of hills to climb and small mines to explore. We were in walking distance to the actual ghost town which had shops and various attractions. Our afternoon in town was fine, but we spent more time exploring some "backlot" places than we did doing any of the real attractions.
A big highlight of the trip was doing some offroading in our friend's mini SUV and then shooting some soda cans with his .22 rifle. We drove through a cool place called Rainbow Canyon and the girls each got to take turns with the steering part of driving. If I have some time later, I'll post some pictures. We took a lot on the digital camera, but I have not checked them out yet.
Calico was purchased and restored by Walter Knott (of Knott's Berry Farm fame) in the early 20th Century. He eventually turned it over to San Bernardino County and it is now a county park.
We stayed at the town's campground which was a great place to camp. Lots of hills to climb and small mines to explore. We were in walking distance to the actual ghost town which had shops and various attractions. Our afternoon in town was fine, but we spent more time exploring some "backlot" places than we did doing any of the real attractions.
A big highlight of the trip was doing some offroading in our friend's mini SUV and then shooting some soda cans with his .22 rifle. We drove through a cool place called Rainbow Canyon and the girls each got to take turns with the steering part of driving. If I have some time later, I'll post some pictures. We took a lot on the digital camera, but I have not checked them out yet.
# posted by - Rob @ 8:46 PM 
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started reading this and walked off to get something from the kitchen. my over 40 eyes betrayed me. "... went camping with another dead end daughter..."
I went to Calico a few times. Mostly with relatives in tow. I recall being very dissapointed the first time, because it was all fixed up and not a 'real' ghost town.
Calico was hot, dusty and dry. Not real exciting either. Maybe if I hadn't been to Knott's and seen that Calico, I wouldn't have been disappointed by the real one.
We went through another ghost town in Death Valley. That one was really falling apart and might not even be there anymore. But that one felt real.
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We went through another ghost town in Death Valley. That one was really falling apart and might not even be there anymore. But that one felt real.
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