Tuesday, March 17, 2009

Calico, Ghost Town Extraordinaire

Team Solis hit the road today. Destination: Calico, California a former Silver and Ore Mine in the Mojave Desert. It was Hookey, it was touristy, it was...awesome!

Sully just about lost his mind with excitement when we arrived. As soon as we walked on to the little Main street, Sully began running from thing to thing, squealing and speaking gibberish excitedly. Then, he saw the train and it was all over. The train, a little 4 car mini thing that goes in a loop around the old mines was all he could think about. We tried and failed to get him to eat lunch, before riding the train, but he just kept standing up in his chair and yelling "ITS A TRAIN!!!" Riding the train really blew his mind, and sort of frightened him too, it must have just been too overwhelming.

We will defiantly do Calico again, it was like Jackson in off season with Palm Trees. Loved it. Enjoy the pics.


Even the asphalt was exciting to Sullivan.




The Pony Express




These pictures are of a house made of glass bottles.  Very cool.



ITS A TRAIN!!!!



Its Mike Rowe from TV's Dirty Jobs!



The sign of a good adventure.

1 comment:

Lisa M said...

That place looks awesome!!! The house made out of glass bottles is crazy lookin. Glad you guys had fun, I can't believe how big Sully's gotten.