jederick wrote:
We left home early Saturday morning heading to Monte Cristo Pass, Utah in search of wildflowers. Patches of wildflowers were few and far between. And, as the worm turned, Saturday turned into a dark and stormy day. Not wanting to turn around and head home, I suggested to the wife that we head to a ghost town in Wyoming. How many muddy dirt roads do we take to get there, she asked...of course I said, not many, and they are good roads.
When we arrived at the site of the Piedmont ghost town the rain had let up slightly. Dark clouds looked like we would get more rain so I didn't have a lot of time to photograph and traipse around. All these photos were taken in light rain...so I used my Panasonic DC-G9 and a Panasonic/Leica 12-60mm f/2.8-40 lens, both of which are "water-proof" (shameless plug!).
A little history. The town of Piedmont supplied charcoal to Utah for use in forging/manufacturing operations. There were huge kilns in Piedmont that were used in the manufacture of this charcoal and a convenient rail line for shipping the charcoal. Around 1901 the rail line was re-routed and no longer ran through Piedmont. With the lack of a rail line and no other means of sufficient transportation, Piedmont succumbed. I will do a subsequent post another day on the kilns.
We left home early Saturday morning heading to Mon... (
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Really like those shots.