A Guest Ranch No More...
Nov 10, 2020 20:42:02 #
weberwest wrote:
Nice shots of this interesting place - I like how the log corners flare towards the bottom, I guess beside the aesthetics, it improves stability. Very neat, maybe a bit spooky, especially if you are asked to enter for the cookies! Enjoy your eve - Joe
Many thanks, Joe...I would never enter for cookies unless it was Gina Lollobrigida...I was in love with her in my early teens, what a beauty she was!!
Nov 10, 2020 20:45:28 #
GreyOwl40 wrote:
Jim, A wonderful set of images! You sure do manage to find a lot of these old buildings to photograph. It is a real shame that they decay and eventually collapse, and yet, from a our viewpoint, it is abandoned buildings that seem to hold the greatest appeal.
You are dead on, GreyOwl...other than old world architecture nothing draws my attention like an old west abandoned structures. I put a lot of miles on back roads looking for these ops, much to my wife's dismay and occasional disgust!!
Nov 10, 2020 20:48:02 #
John from gpwmi wrote:
Very nice set and narrative, Jim. Looks like they better get to work soon. Every year that goes by the job becomes larger.
Many, many thanks, John, I appreciate your comments and have to say the chance of any rebuilding is slight, unfortunately!!
Nov 10, 2020 20:48:43 #
Nov 10, 2020 21:39:50 #
jederick wrote:
Darn, mt, she wasn't home when I arrived and I wasn't gonna wait til darkness set in, not at that spooky place!!
Nov 10, 2020 21:44:27 #
jederick wrote:
Many thanks, Mark...back roads are fun!!
This was Stippy Wolff's guest ranch, established in the 1940's. I think about half of the cabins are now gone and the rest....... The park complains about a lack of housing for employees but lets good housing deteriorate to the point of no return.
Nov 11, 2020 10:40:42 #
Tsaannapunni wrote:
This was Stippy Wolff's guest ranch, established in the 1940's. I think about half of the cabins are now gone and the rest....... The park complains about a lack of housing for employees but lets good housing deteriorate to the point of no return.
Many thanks for posting this info here...that is the first I've ever heard the name Stippy Wolff and will do some research. Thanks again, really appreciate you sharing this info with us!!
Nov 11, 2020 13:01:42 #
jederick wrote:
Many thanks, Joe...I would never enter for cookies unless it was Gina Lollobrigida...I was in love with her in my early teens, what a beauty she was!!
Yeah - Italy had two beauties at that time - Gina Lollobrigida and Sofia Loren and France countered with Brigitte Bardot ..... those were the days, my friend ...
Nov 11, 2020 20:14:41 #
weberwest wrote:
Yeah - Italy had two beauties at that time - Gina Lollobrigida and Sofia Loren and France countered with Brigitte Bardot ..... those were the days, my friend ...
Yes, and I was in love with all of them but, Gina stole my heart until I saw Brigitte in Playboy
Nov 12, 2020 19:12:09 #
The log walls apparently were built to last. Nice find and an interesting mystery.
Nov 13, 2020 15:58:06 #
Cwilson341 wrote:
The log walls apparently were built to last. Nice find and an interesting mystery.
Built in the 1940's by a Belgium immigrant who knew how to wield an axe and saw!!
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