GHOST HUNTERS

Julie Ferguson and I took a few days to trek around the desert on a spontaneous road trip event.  We began with a healthy dose of Spirit Halloween store shopping. It seems this year they still have the zombies, clowns and pirates we expect, but have added some great creepy dolls, Day of the Dead themes and superhero costumes. The line of AtmosFear FX holographic videos has expanded with a great price $39.99. They had a lot of cool and somewhat realistic animal masks (us above). We then headed out at sunset to a desert cemetery called Maricopa Cemetery in the Southwest part of the Greater Phoenix area. It was a striking sunset. It was nearly perfect, except for the fact that recent rains made the ground unstable and Julie's feet collapsed into a grave -  We couldn't help by drive down a lone cornfield and stop outside an abandoned ranch with crumbling roof-less buildings to capture the sunset in the distance through the buildings. When we zoomed in, however, we saw something r...

Julie and I went back to the abandoned motel (above) used for one of the chapters in our Abandoned Places: Abandoned Memories (Desert Edition) book that has psychic reads and photographs of abandoned sites. It's changed a bit. The last time, there was a TV out front, now, a black bird with its head ripped off - welcoming, huh? Here's the interior (below) This particular abandoned motel (below) was quite the find, including empty pool, empty casitas, and boat.  This abandoned motel does not exist anymore (below), as it has been plowed under with the rest of the town off of I-10 north of Tucson in the Picacho Peak area.  This abandoned motor court (below) in Virginia was a wonder to explore, complete with skulls on the grounds and tons of nastiness.  When photographing abandoned places, I have tons of advice.  Safety   Of course, the most obvious is to be safe. Adhere to "no trespassing" signs. No need to get arrested or fined for your curiosity. The next is to b...