Stairway to Heaven

We were out 4 wheeling and came across a ghost town of old adobe buildings.  The picture at the top I call the stairway to heaven because it had stairs leading up to it and the another set of stairs going up inside the crumbling building.   Remember you can click on the pictures to make them bigger.   The other building shows how thick the adobe walls were made.  We figure it was an old mining camp because there was a huge tailing pile nearby of what looked like an old coal mine.  Coal mining was big here and there are still some active mining operations.  We wish they were old gold mines. The history of the area says that there were a few gold mines around as well but we haven't stumbled across any yet. 

The weather has been pretty nice with highs in the 80's and low humidity.  Lately, there have been brief showers in the late afternoon which keeps the dust down.  Our RV park is very busy and most of the time is full especially on the weekends.  You have to go a little out of your way to come here and there isn't a sign on the main highway that tells you we are here so you have to know about the place to come here.  The owners keep the place nice and are willing to pay for enough help (like us) to keep it that way.