Friday, Nov 21, 2008

Ghost Mountain and the Marshal South Home

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This episode of Anthony's Audio Journal is about a short trip to the top of Ghost Mountain to visit the historic Marshal South Homestead. My daughter Lindsey and I make the hike to the remains of the adobe and wood home. Here we examine the remains of the residence and try to imagine what it must have been like for the South family to live or survive in this desolated and isolated region of the dry Anza Borrego Desert.

Along the way I meet a hiking family and they share their thoughts about the hike and opinions about how the South family lived. I also tell them about the ghosts that haunt the region and eerie strange lights the are seen near Ghost Mountain.

I'm including a link to Desert USA's wonderfully informative web site where you can read all about the Marshal South home and the intimate details about their life. They also have links to ghost stories and a host of other exciting details about the Anza Borrego Desert State Park.

Desert USA link to stories about the South Home
http://www.desertusa.com/mag99/mar/papr/mtsouth.html

Diana Lindsey's fascinating story about the South's
http://www.desertusa.com/mag05/jan/south.html

Photos from the hike (Cut & Paste url)
http://s163.photobucket.com/albums/t288/anthonysaudiojournal/Ghost Mountain/?albumview=slideshow

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1 Comments:

Anonymous said...

Thanks Anthony for taking me on another interesting hike with you and your daughter, another interesting episode. I bet there are a ton of nice little hikes out there in California, leaving you with many more hikes to share with us-to come! :)

6:06 AM