Change of scenery

I spent much of yesterday morning getting our part sorted out for Sherman. That part is now on it's way from Seattle, but likely won't arrive until tomorrow. And, of course we still have to get the incorrect part returned to the supplier who sold it to us. They sent us a shipping label, and we have to take the part to the Fedex pickup location here in Oroville this morning in order to return it and receive credit.

We went over to the park where our friend Tioga George is still patiently awaiting the possible return of his pet Boid.

But unfortunately, there was no sighting of Boid yesterday. The cage remains empty.

Ruth and I decided we needed a change of scenery. Somebody had suggested we drive up to the old ghost town of Molson, only about 15 miles (22 kms) away.

The town of Oroville is located at just under 1,000 ft in altitude, but the ghost town of Molson is at 3,700 feet! So Sherman summoned all of his horses for the climb up the mountain!

Heading up to Molson, Washington.

Still going up.

Scenery along the way.

We arrived at the old ghost town. 

There was a sign saying that the current population of Molson is around 35 persons. At it's peak, back around 1905, there were 700 people living here!

The story of Molson, Washington.

Sherman, at the ghost town!

Some of the buildings are made up inside.

This is an old homestead.

Lots of old machinery.

There was a large hotel here that burned down in 1928.

The Molson State Bank!

The teller looks just like Ruth!

The Molson school closed in the 1960's.

Now, it's a museum, but it closed after Labor Day weekend.

Old Molson.

Mural.

Interesting stuff, and fun to wander around. The old townsite is located only a couple of miles south of the Canadian border.

We carried on a bit further to Sidley Lake. There, we found a nice pull-off by the shore that looked like it would be a great place to spend the night. 

We are located less than a mile (1 km) as the crow flies, to the Canadian border.

In the three hours or so that we sat parked there, only about 5 vehicles passed by, and twice it was the U.S. border patrol. Pretty quiet!

Nice view from our windows at GPS 48.991874, -119.221801

Pretty area.

And sure enough, we had a nice quiet night. Until about 6:00am when a fisherman arrived and put his boat in the water right beside where we were parked. No worries, it was time to get up anyhow! We drove back to town and are parked up at the library using their free wifi.

We will go drop off that part at Fedex, then head over to see how George is making out, then we're going to drive west to Palmer Lake, about 18 miles (30 kms) west of here.

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