Va city

Virginia city.

It is so amazing to me that these old towns are just spattered about and so accessible to the world.  I am also surprised how many Europenas we have seen on this trip.  Apparently ghost towns are big with the Germans this year.  Weird, huh?

It seems like a dot on the map that these people find and pay a lot of money to travel a long way to see.

Most Americans I have talked to haven't heard about Bodie, but people from Germany are popping in like flies.

They are coming to see our history, which was less than 100 years ago, and they have history that spans centuries.  Talk about irony.

But still, it is nice to meet these people and watch them enjoy our neck of the woods.

Virginia City is small compared to Bodie, and it is a little more bustling.  It is full of shops and characters.   And most of the shops are selling the same stuff.....nostalgia!

We walked into a few stores that sold old time candy.  Sarsaparilla candies to start, and followed with candy cigarettes, , old time drinks, old signs with old tv characters, etc....

We scooped up a few items and moved onto the next store.

And apparently Virginia city is quite the political arena.   It was pretty obvious when I saw the toilet paper with Obamas face on it that these people have their serious opinions.

I am not a political person, but suffice it to say, mom had plenty of commiserations on our visit.  Any time I came out of a store, she was chatting it up with the locals.  I was surprised she didn't ask to stay there.

It didn't take us long to go through the city.  Once you have seen one store, you have seen them all.  But the one thing you can't fake is the smell of the 'oldness' of the town.  There is a smell that authenticates the age.  Old wood.  The sidewalks are uneven, and the boards are old and worn.

I love the smell of old buildings.  That in and of itself is worth the price of admission (if there was one).

The day was nice and relaxed.  We came back to the house and begged the rest of the night.  Which was a bit of a guilty pleasure I must say.

Today we are going to head out onto the lake.  The day is really nice and sunny, but the last few days have started out nice and ended in rain, so we better get going.

It isn't as not as it has been at home, so my pull to get to the lake hasn't really been there.  But as everyone wants to rent the boat, I will go along for the ride.

Hope your day is good,
Happy Wednesday