Inspiration Found on Family Fun Trip to Calico Ghost Town
A few weeks ago, while visiting my daughter and her family to celebrate the birth of their son Everett, Richard and I decided to take their two older kids to Calico Ghost Town. Calico Ghost Town is located just a few miles east of Barstow off I-15. Exit I-15 at Ghost Town Road. It is free to get in normally, but this was a special President's Day weekend event and there was a $10.00 charge. We saw the likes of President Abraham Lincoln, as he recites the complete Gettysburg address. We also enjoyed the Civil War re-enactors from the Southwest region of the American Civil War Society as they bring the Civil War to life.
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Blues and barn browns were all abound in Calico |


I was so inspired by the the blues and browns I saw. What a classic color palette. The Victorian era furnishings were so polished-looking even for today's design standards. I can easily see how sophisticated these styles would be in someone's more modern home design.
My favorite attraction at Calico was the Lucy Lane Museum. The artifacts, photographs and documents gave the guests an amazing opportunity to see what life was like for the people of Calico.
Maggie’s Mine - Replica of a mine demonstrating conditions in where the miners worked
Mystery Shack - Crooked house where water runs uphill
Lucy Lane Museum- Artifacts, photographs and documents from Calico’s origin.
Calico-Odessa Railway - Take an 8 minute tour riding the narrow-gauge mining train that circles the town.
Calico Ghost Town website
Calico Ghost Town website
Other charming Ghost towns on my list:
· Bodie, a Sierras gold rush town east of Yosemite
· Columbia State Historic Park, Sierra foothills
· Rhyolite, near Death Valley
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