After passing the Old Fort, we entered the town of Russell Gulch. This town isn't a true ghost town, by my definition, as there are still easily a dozen occupied buildings. And, for me, that makes this place even more interesting to visit. Here are a couple of shots of the school house, (the biggest structure in town) and just a little Waggy flex. :sombrero:
Here are some old houses, that are still occupied:
I talked with the owner of this J Truck for a little bit. It's a cool old rig with the tornado 230 in it
This place was pretty neat too... it's the "Ghost Town Disc Golf" store front. For something like $5 you can play the course, which winds all over through town. If I get time, I'd like to play it some time.
Getting closer to the town center, I stopped by this old store, built in 1895. It looks to be well maintained, but it was closed when we were there.
As we were standing on the corner of the two main cross streets, we saw something interesting. On one side of the street was this neat looking old ruin:
But across the street and up a driveway, a well maintained building caught my eye. So, with Wifey getting nervous, we headed up the driveway to get a closer look. What we found was a neat little pottery store: Wabi Pottery
No one tends the store. The owner just asks that you leave your money in a basket when you buy something. He also has left boxes and tissue paper so you can package your purchase. It's a cool little setup.
Here's a portion of a 8 foot wide photo of Russell Gulch from back in the early 1900s. I thought it was cool.
After looking around for a while, we left the store and stopped at the main intersection in town for one last look around. Then, we headed back through what seemed like a bit of a time warp, to our modern life.
1989 Grand Wagoneer - Rebuilt 360, 2" Alcans, 10" travel Gabriel Guadian shocks.
1996 Land Cruiser - 1HD-T Diesel, Gturbo (23psi), Wholesale Automatics 442f, F/R ARBs, 35" Duratracs, ARB Rear Bumper, OME 2" lift, home built sliders and aluminum belly skid
2000 Honda Civic - Integra GSR engine, transmission, shift linkage and axles, 200hp, 33 combined mpg
2006 Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution 9 - 437hp/447ft-lb