The Coleman Family Vacation 2007 - Day 1 - Randsburg

One of the reasons we bought this climate warming 8 passenger Family Truckster 1500 was that it would be a great vacation vehicle. The Suburban did not let us down. With three rows of seats and plenty of storage, each kid was able to rest comfortably in his/her own area code, each equipped with enough ubiquitous cupholders for morning and afternoon juice boxes, while the parents did not hear the three dreaded words of a family intrastate vacation..."He's touching me!"

The first stop of our week long journey was the often over looked town of Randsburg, CA. If I remember correctly, Randsburg was a mining town back in it's heyday, and the fact that 'heyday' is singular seems to fit here. I can't remember what they mined around here, but my educated guess would be rust. Our vacation buddies on this trip were the, equally as ubiquitous as the cupholders, Buechelers. While I'm not sure exactly how many there are of them, there are a lot, and they are mostly little screaming girls. One of them is our God Daughter, Emmy. Walking through the town that sidewalks forgot it's easy to imagine just how miserable it might have been to live there long ago, but...ah, it's a nice place to visit, and now I can check Randsburg off of my "Why in the world did I visit this place list."

Next, on to Mammoth!