Sat 27th Sept
Having got up from possibly the worst bed I have ever slept on & a hearty breakfast later at the only diner in town, we set off on a hike around North Twin Lake. The weather had changed overnight to very cold & we could see on the mountain peaks that it had snowed overnight. Hard to believe I was lazing by a pool a couple of days ago!
Lots of fishermen were out already. They like their fishing round here. Apparently the biggest trout in the world was caught in the lake. Our guidebook book says 'State' so possibly a fisherman's tale....
Conscious of bears in the woods, we stuck to the shoreline for our walk but again spent most of it being scared of meeting one! No bears & drunk on yet more gorgeous scenery later we headed off to Bodie a ghost town now a historical site.
It was quite creepy wandering around what essentially was a thriving mining town 200 years ago. Peaking into peoples homes, bars & hotels & seeing their belongings covered in dust was all abit Stephen King.
Had it really been left as is or did a historical curator get let loose with the sprinkle dust to get that authentic feel. It looked very muc abandoned so who knows... What I did very much like were the copies of letters held in the museum from people apologising for taking stuff from the town since they had been 'cursed' from taking it. There are numerous newspaper articles on this so called 'curse' so are abit spooky.
There is nothing like perpetuating a curse myth to stop people from taking things but I left everything as is. You just never know!
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