Pozo_Carizzo (01)

Desert / Ghost Town Trek #2

Pozo, California Valley, Carrizo Plain, Oct-Nov 2002
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Crazy face house!
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carrizo 2 (12)

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Somebody's dream, another forlorn desert relic.
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Frog rock.
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More coyote mellons.
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Heading south to Soda Lake, a seasonal lake that becomes an alkalai sink in the summer.
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Here's a panoramic looking northwest back up the valley.
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Here's one looking southeast. This is like a Death Valley in miniature. A long diagonal valley, blocked on the east and west by ranges, with all water ultimately drying out in the center. There is even a Bitterwater Road instead of a Badwater Road.
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Here's the town center we forgot to get pics of last time. It was built to promote the 7,000 parcels of land that were never sold. The restaurant and store were shut down (the store had re-opened when I was there in 2007).
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We thought the hotel was shut down but went up and knocked. There is a guy renting rooms but we didn't find it quaint, just kinda creepy.
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The gas station is shut down. It looks like a caretaker may be living in a trailer out back.
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The eccentric hotel owner bought two of these mobile Del Tacos in LA and trucked 'em out here. He was confident he was going to open them some day (even though there was a fully equiped closed down restaurant across the street). Go figure.
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