US West July 17-19th, 2020 Bodie Ghost Town and Copper Mountain—CA

I tapped out. My fuel pump gave out and thanks few other overbound fellas, Mike helped me down to Bridgeport by towing me.
 
Looks like a great time with all those rigs! I was the only rig on my Friday trip, so I was able to blast through the road. Took about an hour total from Chemug to Bodie. Such a fun route with an amazing landmark at the end.
 
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At Aurora cemetery if you guys walked around you might’ve noticed the Marden family, which lost six children. Four of them were lost in the span of about a week or so. I did some digging and found a backstory on them which is actually pretty interesting and the significant role they played in US history and our national parks system.

 
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At Aurora cemetery if you guys walked around you might’ve noticed the Martin family, which lost six children. Four of them were lost in the span of about a week or so. I did some digging and found a backstory on them which is actually pretty interesting and the significant role they played in US history and our national parks system.

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Thanks for sharing this. It's definitely fascinating to think about how many of these 'ghost towns' were once bustling. I'm always amused by the fact that Leadfield in Death Valley - itself founded on a fraud - grew to have its own post office. Those gold rush times were crazy.
 
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