Description: Once upon a time, aspiring miners made the trek to Calico in search of riches in the form of silver. While the mining may have dried up, today many people from around the world travel this road to relive those days and see what those miners made of this little town in the high desert of California. Photo taken in 2021.
Description: Once upon a time, aspiring miners made the trek to Calico in search of riches in the form of silver. While the mining may have dried up, today many people from around the world travel this road to relive those days and see what those miners made of this little town in the high desert of California. Photo taken in 2021.
Description: In it's heyday, more than five hundred mines were dug in and around the town of Calico, California and about 30 miles of tunnels honeycombed the hills of this high desert mining town. Nowadays, only one mine is accessible via a tour, and most of the other mines have been fenced, walled or gated off from the public, marked by signs such as these. Photo taken in 2021.
Description: At the trailhead of the Kephart Prong Trail, just off to the side of US 441 in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park sits a bridge overlooking the Oconaluftee River. If you've been to this spot before, this photo will hopefully remind you of a peaceful moment in your life. If you have not been to this spot, may this serve as inspiration to find that peace in your life. Photo taken in 2022.
Description: At the trailhead of the Kephart Prong Trail, just off to the side of US 441 in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park sits a bridge overlooking the Oconaluftee River. If you've been to this spot before, this photo will hopefully remind you of a peaceful moment in your life. If you have not been to this spot, may this serve as inspiration to find that peace in your life. Photo taken in 2022.