Bagdad
Did I get your attention with that title? They say a title is what makes a blog!
Along Highway 299W is a ghost town. The original name of the town was Bagdad. the name was later changed to Helena after the postmaster's wife. I first visited this town about 10 years ago. I was enchanted by the history and old buildings. Unfortunately, not everyone feels the way that I do. I never have, nor will I ever, understand why people don't respect history and refrain from tagging and destroying the past. It broke my heart to visit Helena a few weeks ago and see all the vandalism that has happened to it just in the last year. It took some creative composition to capture photographs without a ton of graffiti in them. I remember when I first visited the town that the post office was in relatively good shape. The little boxes were still on the walls. They have completely disappeared now.
Once again, I loved how the Lensbaby reads these scenes!
I love how the road leads your eye in the photograph below.
The first time I visited this old barn I could actually walk inside the barn. Now you have to bushwack through the berry bushes to get to it.
One of the residences. When I first visited this house it still had it's wood burning stove in it. The whole house has been pilfered now.
I am thinking the ladder in the photograph below was an old fire escape. This is the old hotel.
The old residence.
The old disc behind the residence. You can see the barn in the distance.
