{"id":5352,"date":"2019-05-19T17:23:53","date_gmt":"2019-05-20T00:23:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cowlesmountain.com\/Travels\/?p=5352"},"modified":"2019-05-19T17:23:53","modified_gmt":"2019-05-20T00:23:53","slug":"alaska-or-bust","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cowlesmountain.com\/Travels\/2019\/05\/19\/alaska-or-bust\/","title":{"rendered":"Alaska or Bust!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>We set out for the great adventure Wednesday afternoon making it a ways north on I-15 about three hours to just past Barstow, CA.\u00a0\u00a0 To my delight right before the exit I saw the sign for Calico Ghost Town.\u00a0\u00a0 I had seen that on a map back in the 1980’s and wanted to go there since.\u00a0\u00a0 I guess I forgot about that till that sign reminded me I never made it there.<\/p>\n

I had been planning on just an overnight, but I paid for two after the gal at the desk mentioned CGT was 3 miles away, and am glad we did.\u00a0\u00a0 The ghost town was way better than expected.\u00a0\u00a0 There is even a campground inside the park which turns out to be a county park.\u00a0 \u00a0From what I read, the guy who created Knotts Berry Farm restored that town back in the 1950’s then donated it to the county.\u00a0\u00a0 This is a must see if you have never been to a ghost town, but I would probably not go there in the summertime.\u00a0 It’s in the middle of the Mojave Desert.\u00a0 It was a beautiful 70 degrees and a bit windy while we were there.\u00a0 I can only imagine what it would be like in July. (probably 120 in the shade)<\/p>\n

That evening the winds were blowing so wildly I considered pulling in the slides to move in the center of gravity for stability.\u00a0\u00a0 Everything was howling that night,\u00a0 not much of a restful sleep for either of us.<\/p>\n

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We set out for the great adventure Wednesday afternoon making it a ways north on I-15 about three hours to just past Barstow, CA.\u00a0\u00a0 To my delight right before the exit I saw the sign for Calico Ghost Town.\u00a0\u00a0 I had seen that on a map back in the 1980’s and wanted to go there … <\/p>\n

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