I have been working through my Bodie images to put together a series of photographs to put into a photobook.   As I walked around Bodie I found the old bank.  The main building has fallen and about the only thing left is the old vault.

I hope you enjoyed the photo!

Scott

Yesterday Cynde and I took a road trip to see and photograph three of the 21 Spanish Missions in California.  The first mission we visited was the La Purissma Mission in Lompoc, California.  This is the largest of the old missions and it still has many of the features of the traditional old missions.  It is a state park and still has large grounds that demonstrate the activities of the missions.  In the foreground of this image there is a hide drying station and one sees the cemetery and the main church.

We had a great day of driving around and seeing some of California’s history.

Hope you enjoyed the photo,

Scott

Cynde and I drove up to Lee Vining in our van to spend the weekend exploring and photographing with two sites as the main targets:  Bodie State Historical Park and Mono Lake.  Bodie is an old deserted ghost town as after the gold disappeared the town dwindled to nothing.  Many of the folks that left there did not have the resources to take all of their possessions with them so they left them.  The entire town is left in a state of arrested decay.

Bodie Hotel Reception and Switchboard

I hope you enjoyed the photo,

Scott