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Amarillo, TX

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Tucumcari, NM

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What you are looking at is the vast landscape of Calico, California. Calico is an old West mining town that has been around since 1881 during the largest silver strike in California. When silver lost its value in the mid-1890's, Calico lost its population. The miner's packed up, loaded their mules and moved away abandoning the town that once gave them a good living. It became a "ghost town."

After finding this out, my friend and I were really excited to see our first real life ghost town! However, once we realized that we had to pay $6 to get in and there was a Starbucks next to the gift shop, we realized that we had been duped. Calico Ghost Town was nothing more than a cheap tourist trap. Great view though!

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Just a few of the vendors that are spread along the Santa Monica Pier. The man standing under the umbrella is selling custom made artwork. He even had some kind of plaster of paris face sculptures that he was selling. The kiosk to the left sold hats of various designs. They pretty much had everything. It was rather impressive.

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When I got to the end of the Santa Monica Pier, there was this strange man with right-side-up and upside-down crosses all over his body. Nobody really knew if he was sleeping or meditating or even working on his tan, but the loafers and mustard suit show he is a man of class and style.

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