Friday, May 20, 2011

Escaping Late Winter Blahs

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Yesterday, we were both feeling much better after a bout with a bug and decided to get down off our mountain for something other than a medical appointment. We headed northeast before noon. Our destination was Randsburg—one of those innumerable ghost towns in the west that boomed late in the 19th Century when the mines were yielding big money. The current population of the town is eighty and the shops there are open only on weekends. Even though we got inside only one building, there was plenty to see and nothing but sunshine outside. Randsburg deserves another visit.

8 comments:

  1. I love visiting places like this. These towns are oozing history. There are a lot of stories in buildings like the one here, stories we can only imagine. And they make for great photo ops. This is a very nice image. Could look good in an upcoming show!

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  2. Ken - You and me both. I am more interested in these old beat up strucures than modern architecture. (Just no taste, I suppose.) Like you, I love to imagine the stories that have unfolded there. As for this image appearing in a future show, that would be just dandy with me.

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  3. I can only imagine the people and stories linked to places such as Randsburg lost now in the past. But that's the fun part of it...imagining! Glad you two are feeling better and got out and about to enjoy a nice day.

    A ghost town series of images would be complimentary to those wonderful horse photos you take. This one could be the first of many.

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  4. Earl - There are plenty of old pieces of history to spark the imagination in Randsburg and I agree that the imagining is great fun. Thanks we are much, much better.

    What a great idea, Earl. You and Ken are trying to get me in more trouble. But, goodness knows I don't consider either photographing in a near ghost town or processing those photos hard work.

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  5. il ne manque plus que John Wayne !

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  6. Bienvenue! Because I have forgotten all but tiny remnants of the French I learned so many years ago, I will have to respond in English. Thank you for your delightful comment, and I hope you will visit again soon.

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  7. What a nice little trip. I often wonder what people who live in very small towns do to earn a living. Perhaps they own their property and raise their own food, not needing to go to 'the office' whatever that may be. Perhaps they make enough money by opening on the weekend.

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  8. Paul - There is a town less than twenty miles away and some people probably commute there for jobs. Maybe some of them do that then open shops on the weekend. Don't know. I didn't see evidence of raising their own food; but, may have just missed that. It certainly is a different lifestyle than many of us can relate to.

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