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Desert / Ghost Town Trek #34

Gold Point NV, Memorial Day Weekend 2013.
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Gold Point 01

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Set out to experience the Memorial Day Weekend festivities at Gold Point, NV. Here we are at the new Boundary Peak overlook on HWY 6 in Benton Valley, just past the Nevada border.
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Gold Point 02

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I'm supposed to hike this peak in several weeks. Better get in shape.
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Gold Point 03

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Here's Gold Point. We've been here before, but somehow overlooked the Saloon, so we made up for lost time in it.
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Gold Point 04

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Gold Point has about 27 residents and on this weekend they allow camping and have some cookouts.
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Gold Point 05

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Lost Horse in front of the Saloon.
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Gold Point 06

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Powder from the former Bay Area town of Hercules that produced during the mining era. The site is now on the fringes of Point Pinole regional park.
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Gold Point 07

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The Alkali Flats from Sacramento CA are whooping up the place tonight. Hard to tell from the photo but this place got packed and lively on into the wee hours.
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Gold Point 08

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Moseying back to camp. We opted to drive out into the desert a bit to camp, but not in that car.
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Gold Point 09

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Gold Point 10

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My Desert Queen.
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Gold Point 11

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Little spot out of town near some mining sheds where we made camp.
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Gold Point 12

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Startled some wild horses, who came busting out of this spring vegetation.
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Gold Point 13

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Gold Point 14

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Gold Point 16

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A view of Gold Point from the south of town.
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Gold Point 17

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Some sizable mining operation ruins out around the outskirts.
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Gold Point 18

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