Last summer we took a road trip to Phoenix, Arizona in the Jeep. It turned out to be a really good trip with Johnny, Jenny, Kate, myself, and we met our cousins Kevin and Jeanna (who live in Vegas). I did a little research online on ghost towns and found this http://www.ghosttowns.com/states/az/vulturecity.html. It seemed like Vulture City had the most remains in the Phoenix area. Let me tell you, it was an awesome experience. First of all, it was in the middle of bum fuck and you got a purdy mouth.... The land is privately owned and i believe they charge 15 bucks a person, which was well worth it. When you first pull up it looks like a haunted desert scene straight out of Tales From the Crypt. The lady working in the shack was very nice, and she had several scorpions and a whole garbage can full of rattlers that she let us look at. They give you a little map of the area and its open season. I couldn't believe how many buildings and how much equipment they still had standing. Every building we went into had all the original stuff in it, just how it was when it was abandoned years ago. Some of the buildings were barely standing, ready to fall over almost. It is said that $200,000,000 in gold and silver were taken from the Vulture Mine, and there is still two to three times that amount of precious metal, still in the old mine!
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