Wednesday, October 15, 2008

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" height=95 BGCOLOR="#003366" TEXT="#F7F7FF" bgproperties="fixed" background="07600980dkcfqa.jpg"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" ><B>Eastern Sierra</B></FONT><B>     </B><B>|     </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Eastern Sierra"><U><B>home</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Eastern Sierra"><U>Eastern Sierra</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id2.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Monday, October 13, 2008"><U>Monday, October 13, 2008</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id4.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Tuesday, October 14, 2008"><U>Tuesday, October 14, 2008</U></A>   |   <B>Wednesday, October 15, 2008</B>   |   <A HREF="id6.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Thursday, October 16, 2008"><U>Thursday, October 16, 2008</U></A>   |   <A HREF="http://www.katedouglas.com/id49.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.katedouglas.com/id49.htm"><U><B> Photo Index</B></U></A></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" height=385 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> Wednesday, October 15, 2008</div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> We were up really early--the full moon was still bright in the sky, but we decided to pack up</div> <div> early and head for Virginia Lakes (too cold and dark there for this chickie!)</div> <div>  and then on to the old ghost town of Bodie. </div> <div> If you want to see some really wonderful shots, mostly black and white, </div> <div> take a look at my<A HREF="http://www.cobbmtn.smugmug.com/gallery/6283921_sNaZq#396321116_LKCVL" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.cobbmtn.smugmug.com/gallery/6"><U> husband's site.</U></A></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="08820140.jpg" border=0 width="800" height="532" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> What's really interesting is that, when mines failed and the town went broke, people just packed up and </div> <div> left so much behind. One man held the notes to most of the properties, and it's due to him that the</div> <div> town of Bodie survives today as such an amazing snapshot of an early mining town.</div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="853" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 325 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="078a93f0.jpg" border=0 width="425" height="319" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="07aa93f0.jpg" border=0 width="425" height="319" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 325 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="07ca93f0.jpg" border=0 width="425" height="319" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="07ea93f0.jpg" border=0 width="425" height="319" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 325 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="080a93f0.jpg" border=0 width="425" height="319" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="082a93f0.jpg" border=0 width="425" height="319" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 325 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="084a93f0.jpg" border=0 width="425" height="319" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="086a93f0.jpg" border=0 width="425" height="319" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 31 WIDTH="421"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="31" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="421" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="421"><div> <A HREF="id6.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Thursday, October 16, 2008"><U><IMG SRC="0ae19190.gif" border=0 width="25" height="25" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>