W/NW Ruins...Derelicts...Abandonments

Central Alberta
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css9450 said:
Its the Royal Hawaiian!
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Survey says ... ... {long awkward pause} ... **DING!**

I take it you know it? Stayed there recently? :) :)

Here's another one from the same general area, but this one looks like it's had some recent TLC. Do I sense a re-opening maybe? :)

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Ha ha, well, I do know OF it. I had planned to shoot there last time I was in California, but didn't make it a huge priority. Some friends were there just before me and they were greeted by some "characters" there demanding money just for the privilege of taking photos there.

I was doing night photography down around Barstow, Yermo and, yes, Amboy but the Hawaiian was just enough of a distance away from the other locations, I wound up missing it. Maybe next time!
 
css9450 said:
Ha ha, well, I do know OF it. I had planned to shoot there last time I was in California, but didn't make it a huge priority. Some friends were there just before me and they were greeted by some "characters" there demanding money just for the privilege of taking photos there.

I was doing night photography down around Barstow, Yermo and, yes, Amboy but the Hawaiian was just enough of a distance away from the other locations, I wound up missing it. Maybe next time!
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It just amazes me how far downhill the smaller communities in that part of the country have plunged! It seemed like up until the Great Recession, Baker (where Royal Hawaiian is/was) was a thriving desert community. The Bun Boy was a must-stop for breakfast along that route. Nowadays Baker looks more like a skid-row wino alley type of place. :(

And Baker seems to be doing well compared to many other places. Daggett was particularly depressing on this last trip. Ghost town in the making!

Just drive a couple of miles off of 40 (pick a road, any road) and you're bound to see stuff like this:

"Self Service"
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Indeed. If not for its importance to the railroad, Daggett would just be a dusty, empty spot on the map. Same with Yermo.

Did you see the Rock-a-Hoola water park, just north of Yermo? Its been heavily tagged and vandalized in just a few short years. Quite a mess.
 
css9450 said:
Did you see the Rock-a-Hoola water park, just north of Yermo? Its been heavily tagged and vandalized in just a few short years. Quite a mess.
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I think I know what/where that is. IIRC it's just north of the southbound checkpoint on 15, correct? IIRC there's some kind of a tower there. I've never ventured off the highway there.

It might {wheels turning } be kind of an interesting place to stop and shoot when I'm out there over the holidays when it's not so {expletive}ing hot.
 
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