We're sitting hiding in the trailer, hiding from the 113 degree heat outside here at Calico Ghost Town, just outside of Barstow, CA in the desert. We drove a bunch of miles today from San Mateo, and as expected, got here just as the main stuff was closing. We'll hit the high points in the morning and pan for gold, etc. The town is open until dusk, so we'll go up and take a look when it cools down.

This is largely just an overnight stop en route to the Grand Canyon. We're looking forward to a few down days, and of course a cool train ride to the Canyon, and some swimming and catching up on work.

We went up and looked around. This place is pretty cool, and incredibly HOT!

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Calico Ghost Town

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Today was mainly just a travel day. We had a long drive, so we got up early in the rain and headed down the PCH to San Fransisco. What an awesome drive! The scenery was beautiful, but unfortunately the gas prices are about $.50 higher per gallon that pretty much any where else.

We got to Michelle's Uncle's place and just kind of hung out. It was great after a very long week of travel and tours. We had a wonderful dinner provided by Roger, and called it a relatively early night.

We're pumped for a great day of sightseeing tomorrow in San Fransisco.

Sunday Update:

We had a great fast and furious day of museums, and site seeing, and a whirlwind drive through the streets of San Francisco. I've decided Uncle Roger would make a great cabbie. ;->

We visited the Zeum first, which is a great interactive audio/visual museum. We did karaoke, make claymation, shot a commercial, and other interactive fun. We had a great time there. We then headed towards the Exploratorium, which is a huge interactive science museum, with more exhibits than you can handle. We actually ran out of time to finish, and my brain hurt from all of the stuff.

We stopped by and saw a the Golden Gate Bridge from afar, and were pleasantly surprised to see the fog lift briefly for a good view. From where we were, we also enjoyed a nice view of Alcatraz.

Back home for a great meal from Roger. We take off early for a long drive to Calico Ghost town en route to the Grand Canyon. We're all looking forward to a few days of R&R. Video will be a few days for Redwoods and San Fran, need some time to edit and post.

As a side bonus for this stop, we saw a bunch of the cars in the Gumball 3000, a world-wide road rally filled with some really cool cars. Lambos, rice rockets, and a few other interesting cars all passed us on the highway on the way to San Mateo.

Faith's blog:
We got to go to the Zeum, Exploratorium, and Golden Gate Bridge. I liked them all. At the Zeum we got to make our own video. It was really cool. It was called “The Shampoo Commercial.” I learned at the Exploratorium… Did you know that black sand has iron in it?

Kenzie's blog:
Last stop? San Francisco! We stayed with my great Uncle Roger. He was really nice! He took us to the Zeum and the Exploratorium. The Zeum has more of creative projects. The Exploratorium has lots of science projects. They were lots of fun. We also got to go over the Golden Gate Bridge. I didn’t realize that it’s red! I had a lot of fun.



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