Feb 25, 2020 Randsburg

Today we went to Randsburg, which identifies as a living Ghost Town.  Although when we walked up and down the street, there was only a little activity.

The census of the town of Randsburg from 2000 to 2010 dropped by 10%.  The population dropped from 77 to 69.  However, there is a full time fire department there with a nice living quarters for 3 people, and a nice truck. The Flag at the station was at half staff to honor 2 firemen that lost their lives fighting a fire in Porterville this last week.

Many of the houses displayed at least one skeleton in their front yard decoration.

Some even displayed an article that once identified the town's reason for it's  prosperity.

This place was actually open with 1 early morning customer.

Konrad, where ever you are, this one's for you.

The general store was quite small in size for a town that was once a prosperous place..

                           To the pickers out there, you would like something in this picture.

Some Red wagons up on the roof.

Grammie wasn't really out to shop, she was just admiring the uniqueness of the front yard.

If you still burn firewood, this home would be great.

A unique adaptation for extra room.  Notice the extra in the back.

When mining for Gold, sometimes the term stamper was used.  This is what it looks like.  It breaks apart the ore to help extract the gold.

On the way back to Ridgecrest, we stopped at the Red Rock Canyon.

When we arrived, there was a ranger in the area.  We finally figured out why he was there.  Apparently there was a crew there to do some filming and were having a lunch break.

This is part of the scene they were using to film. 

We were hoping they were looking for stand-ins but they weren't having it.

Grammie had a fun day. Thanks for looking.