Shot at 11:00pm 4/17/11 US 66 near Chambless , CA
Desert
May 21, 2012
February 12, 2012
Moonrise at Font's Point
My son Scott & I headed to Anza Borrego early last month to do some 4-wheeling and target shooting. We also managed to make it to Font's Point which overlooks the Badlands area of the state park to watch the moonrise.
This is a popular moonrise/sunset spot and there were several groups of folks doing the same thing. Seems like a popular spot to enjoy wine and chips and watch the colors change as shadow engulfs the badlands. Not a place you want to consume too much though; Font's Point has sheer dropoffs to the terrain several hundred feet below.
October 25, 2011
Need $$$ 4 Gas
Old Highway 66 near Victorville.
October 18, 2011
May 01, 2011
Desert trip 2010 Part 7
After leaving Goldfield, I continued to Tonopah which isn't too far north. Here's a photo of Tonopah from an early 20th century postcard, and another from my trip. The Mizpah Hotel is the only constant between the two photos. The hotel was completed in 1908 at a cost of $200,000.
After passing through Tomopah, I headed to Belmont, a ghost town in central Nevada. Side trips included the Tonopah airport about 7 miles east of town. I've flown over the airport a number of times over the years but never landed there. There are three large wooden WWII era hangars at the airport including this one below. I heeded the Keep Out warnings and took the photo below.
Fortunately the weather was excellent during my entire trip. I don't remember how long it took to drive to Belmont; probably an hour and a half, on a desolate highway in the wide-open sagebrush desert.
Above is the Belmont courthouse which was built in 1876. There are a few occupied residences in town in addition to crumbling adobe buildings, old wagons and vehicles whcih gives the ghost town an outdoor museum feel. If you are a ghost town buff, this one is worth the drive.
The pioneer life was difficult and often short as underscored by the grave of two-year-old George Morgan at the lower right.
