Helen and I went on a trip to Virginia City in Nevada, Bodie in California to look at old towns from the gold rush.  Virginia City used to be the biggest city in the west, but now it is mostly a tourist attraction.  Bodie was also also a large city at one point in time, but not it is a ghost town and State park.  On the way back we drove through Yosemite on highway 120.

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Here we are at the entrance to Bodie

Helen inside the church in Bodie

It is not obvious this is ghost town

Well, at other places it is

The Castle in Virginia city - build by a German engineer

Virginia city at night

 

We visited a mine in Virginia city

Here is Helen and our guide

People dress up in Virginia city to give the feeling of a cowboy city

Grocery store in Vacaville's museum

 

Another view from the Museum in Vacaville

A small fall along highway 120 in Yosemite

Tuolumne meadow in Yosemite

A lake in Tuolumne meadows

Here we are in front of the lake

Half dome seen from highway 120

Another nice view along highway 120

And yet another one.

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