Color photo. A row of three log cabins, their windows boarded up. The closest two have fresh green roofs, and the third has a red roof. Behind is a line of dark green trees. The jagged peaks of the Tetons loom above them all, below a blue sky dotted with puffy white clouds.

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As promised last Friday, today is Unexpected Ghost town.

As I posted before (almost exactly a year ago, cripes!), I was looking for a way down to the Snake River to get some shots of early fall foliage. I came across a dirt road going in the general direction I wanted, and followed it until it ended at a wooden gate. The road continued beyond the gate, going downhill towards the river, and someone else was walking down that way with fishing gear. So I grabbed the cameras and followed.

Around the gate and down the road was a treat: the ruins of the Bar B C Dude Ranch, founded over a century ago in 1912. The buildings are somewhat preserved by the park, which is why you can see newer roofs on some buildings, but have mostly been left to the elements for decades now.

The post I made last year has even more photos, if you want to go and check it out, and one of them is for sale in my site’s print store. 🙂

Next Friday: From ghost towns to ghost mountains.

Other entries in my 2023 National Parks trip series:

Gear used in these shots: Nikon Z 7II, Nikon Z 24-70mm f2.8 S

Color photo. A gate of wooden logs, between two wooden posts. The left side of the gate is taller than the right, and a log goes diagonally from the top left to the lower right. Below the gate is a narrow dirt road, and a green tree is on the right. Beyond the gate the jagged peaks of the Tetons rise up into a cloud filled sky.
Color photo. A narrow dirt road at the bottom of the frame disappears down a slope. Beyond and below, a field of yellow and green grass. The Snake River crosses the middle of the frame, lined on either side with trees, many of which are going autumn gold. Tree covered hills are on the far side of the river, and the sky is filled with puffy white clouds.
Color photo. A rutted road, barely visible in the grass, leads from the lower left around and behind a line of trees along the bottom of the frame. The trees are mostly green, with some autumn yellow. On the far side of the road is a field of yellow and sage green grass. On the right side of the field is a log cabin, its windows boarded, with an old red tin roof. At the top of the frame, on the far side of the field, the Snake River is just barely visible, its far shore lined with trees going a brilliant autumn gold.
Color photo. A building, possibly a barn made of wooden logs, with a wooden hitching rail in front, in a field of green and sage grass. Its roof is red. Behind it is a line of trees with green leaves, tinging yellow towards autumn. Looming above them all are the jagged peaks of the Tetons in a cloud filled sky.
Color photo. A row of three log cabins, their windows boarded up. The closest two have fresh green roofs, and the third has a red roof. Behind is a line of dark green trees. The jagged peaks of the Tetons loom above them all, below a blue sky dotted with puffy white clouds.
Color photo. Tall thin stalks grow in a cluster, topped with withered flowers and drooping purple blooms. Behind them on either side are the ruined remains of log cabins.
Color photo. A log cabin with a new green roof. Its windows are boarded up, and there are two chairs next to the door, barely visible through the long grass in front of them. Trees and bushes, going autumn yellow, grow in front of and behind the cabin. Beyond, the jagged peaks of the Tetons rear up into a blue sky.