Del Mar

After getting all of our trees, we drove down the road a few more mile to the Del Mar site. Del Mar was a huge mining town over a hundred years ago, and now of course it's just ruins. But we love to see that kind of history, so we really enjoyed going out there. On the way there, we found a shaft that went straight down, and the boys and Cahl had fun tossing in rocks and listening for them to hit bottom so they could figure out how deep the hole was. The kids all had a great time seeing the old stone buildings and mining cars, and running around finding treasures. We packed a lunch with us, so after all the exploring was done, we took a break and ate. We also checked out the small cemetery on the way back.

Vertical Shaft

Tristan found an old glass Gatorade bottle

Really cute spout on an old oil (?) can

Safe

What we think is the bank safe

Mining car

Tristan and Hunter

Old Cemetery