Trip Report Ghost Town Tour '22

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A video for the video minded.

And... A bunch of text and pictures for the non video minded .

This year made the 8th year in a row for the expeditionutah.com Ghost Town Tour. I’d first like to thank everyone who attended! We had a great crew this year, good weather and almost no vehicle issues. I had such a good time on this trip!

While the event didn’t officially kick off until Friday morning, most of us camped near the starting point on Thursday night. That afternoon, Eric and I took off from camp to go check out the 7 Kilns site. We got there via kind of a round about route, super tight and scratchy for Eric’s F-150. But worth the trouble, these are some cool kilns!

Friday morning we rolled out of camp and drove a short distance to start off with a visit to Frisco.

After Frisco, it was on to Newhouse!

From there it was on to the original Wah Wah Springs ranch.

While visiting the ranch, we met the rancher who owns it and also owns the present day Wah Wah Springs ranch. He ended up extending an invitation for next year to show us some really cool stuff on the ranch. We’ll definitely take him up on that!



Next stop was Kiln Springs.

Then it was on to one of my favorite stops on this route, The Revenue Mine.

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From the Revenue, we made our way to the ghost town of Stateline.

After our visit at Stateline we motored for our next camp at the Etna Mine.

Camp Friday night was an absolute blast! I had too much fun! My friend Alan hooked me up with some incredible shrimp tacos and fresh squeezed margaritas. Then we all had a great campfire discussion with lots of laughs. And I made it down the hill to my cot without breaking a leg! Good, good times.



Saturday morning we all headed up to Gold Springs and some went on a bit further to the old Jennie mill.

From there, we went to the ghost town of Fay. It seems I took no pictures at Fay. Hopefully everyone else will be posting there pictures into this thread!

After Fay, it was Deer Lodge. Such a cool drive to get there an such a great site!

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From Deer Lodge we motored down and went Hells Angels on Modena. They haven’t seen this much excitement since the last time GTT rolled in for lunch.

Next up was the Milford CCC camp and the infamous swimming pool.

That was the last official stop for the GTT. From there we motored on dirt towards Milford. With some folks peeling off to head home and others camping for another night.

Camp Saturday night was epic! Alan absolutely killed it with grilled ribeyes, from scratch mashed potatoes, from scratch mushroom gravy and asparagus. OMG that was GOOD! Oh, and the Old Fashioned’s he makes, seriously world class bartending going on in camp that evening. Another roaring campfire with lots of good talk and good laughs, before turning in for the night.

Next morning, Sunday, we took our time getting going. Then went and checked out some of the mines in the area. Some cool stuff in them thar hills!

And then, sadly, it was time to call it a trip and each head our own ways for home. Can’t wait to do it again next year!

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[rholbrook]

Any metal detecting?

 

[DAA]

Very little detecting on this one!

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[DesertRam]

Cool pics Dave. Sounds like a great way to spend a weekend.