Re: Bodie ghost town
In 1968 Ray Hugenburger, in his 1928 4-Door Sedan, Doug & Al Vieyra, in their 1928 4-door Sedan, while camping in the Nevada desert (Bodie lies on the border between California and Nevada), drove into this Ghost Town (this was before it was a Calif. State Park), on a one lane gravel/dirt road, spent some time there, and then went on to the neighboring (Nevada) Ghost Town of Arrora (sp ?), about twenty miles away - all dirt, no gravel.
In 1968 the road to Bodie was gravel and dusty, and yes, full of 'pot holes', but really presented no issue at all to the faithfull flivvers. The road to Arora ws worse, but still easily traversed.
Today, now that it had become a California State Park, and has had nearly fifty years of road improvement, I suspect that your club will have a easy and comfortable experience driving the much improved road to Bodie.
- Doug Vieyra, Eureka, Calif. - projected high today of 58 degrees.....
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