The Ghost town of Bodie

Bodie is probably the best ghost town in the States. It is situated east of Yosemite in the Bodie Hills. We stayed in Bridgeport camping next to the lake. It was probably the most scenic camping spot we had in the states. As a lot of towns formed Bodie started out as a gold mining town in the 1859. People still lived in town into the 1900’s but the decline started in the 1870’s. Now only 20% of the town remains seeing that a young boy feeling angry about not getting cake at a friend’s birthday party (this happened during the depression) played with matches (as it seemed he always did) and set the town on fire. Most of the town was abandoned by then so there weren’t a lot of people to fight the fire. Also the fire departments hydrants did not work seeing to the fact that the filters in the pipes that bring down the water from the reservoir were never cleaned hence there was no water. If you ever have a chance this is a must see! No gimmicks or wild west shows. It is just an old town in a state of suspended decay. Be warned you are not going to be the only people there ;)