Como

Now that my Trooper is done, I have made promise to self, to get out more. The weather was exceptional this past weekend, so we took a day trip out to the Como Mine Site south of Dayton.  This area was actually really nice.  Lots of trails and old mining encampments.  We had a good amount of rain the weekend prior, so everything was still moist, and standing water persisted in a  few mud holes along the path.

The Trooper stands mighty.

This old water retention silo.

Cece loves the explore.

Some nice graffiti inside.

Strange how two large holes were cut in the sides with a torch.  I would imagine this was done for safety once this was no longer in use.

But there was a ladder on the outside and on the inside.

Still, getting trapped inside would mean certain death.

Much of the trail was nice and smooth, and some of it very rocky and muddy.

Wide open. Quiet. How CeCe dreams.

Truckudesu.

This weird old structure was all that left of mining activity in this particular area.

Some more interesting art.

Ruins ruined routinely.

One of the coolest graffiti pieces I have seen in a long while. Gotta love the gas mask and extra long pink weaner with hammerhead.

The trail goes from Dayton all the way through the wilderness and comes out south of Yerington.

Some sort of mixer/tumbler.

This must have been used to mix ore or something.

So much steel.

Inside.

Face.

90s era Suburu. It's been a while since I have seen an abandoned car like this.

Luigi and Linda.

This is where we stopped to eat.

Lichens.

View.

View2.

CeCe.

Luigi.

View3 from on top of a small mountain.

Round eyes.

At the end we detoured again to check out another old mining area left to crumble.

I am not sure what this spot is called.

Some fantastic textures here.

It was like melted coal.

Large concrete structures decaying.

This was a large area along 95.

The end.