Day 11 - Ghost Town in Calico, CA

We drove about 60 miles into the desert, toward Las Vegas, to Calico, a ghost town.  There is one original building still standing, and many silver and gold mines.  We all had a great experience here.

We shopped...

The kids panned for gold...

We climbed a lot...

Tucked ourselves inside the miners' shacks...

Rode a train...

The train ride took us around the outside of the town where some 80 homes once stood.  The only remnance left was a small stone wall.

We walked through a mine...

...and came back up.

We walked across the foot bridge to the schoolhouse...

The outhouse was down the hill behind the schoolhouse.  I told Katie how an outhouse works and she thought that was gross!

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Then we ate...

Once we returned to our hotel, we swam and played games in the pool.  Emily said she loved our family time together!