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EXPLORING ABANDONED HOUSES  

stardust81937 87M
4345 posts
7/15/2016 3:42 am
EXPLORING ABANDONED HOUSES

When I first bought my house on California's Mojave Desert in May, 1976, there were more people living within a few miles from my place than there are today. About 30 people that used to live in this area, and whom I met at one time or another, have either died, or left the area for reasons known only to them.

In almost all the cases of "gone" people, their homes are still here--abandoned.

At one time or another through the years, "For Sale" signs appeared in front of many of the abandoned places. But the wind and vandals knocked down the signs, and kicked in most of the doors, broken the windows, and carted away anything of value in the abandoned places.

If you're a fan of THE WALKING DEAD you have cringed while munching your popcorn as Rick and his little band of survivors go through one of the abandoned houses in that show.

THE WALKING DEAD has terrifically realistic scenes of exploration of those abandoned houses. Of course in that show the searchers are looking for food, drinking water, and anything else they can use in their struggle to survive in a world gone crazy from the pandemic that has swept through their world.

Marisol won't go through these houses with me. She feels they all belong to someone, and she's too honest to set foot somewhere that doesn't belong to us...

I'm of another mind set. If there's no "Stay Off! " or "No Trespassing" sign anywhere on the property, and the place has a door off it's hinges and has obviously been gone through by vandals, there's nothing much that will keep me from exploring inside.

Let me tell you right off, that going into one of these places is pretty scary! The wind makes things creak and moan, and there are sometimes birds, rats, snakes, and once I even came across a guy masturbating in one place. He didn't see me as I backed out and took off in my car. At another time I kept hearing a "buzzing sound" and discovered a huge bee hive in a far corner of what had been the bathroom. Fortunately I was able to get out of that place without getting stung.

A lot of times there are photographs strewn around inside these places. They always intrigue me and I usually pick them up and take them outside in the sunlight to see what they're about. Once I found a whole stack of nude photo's of a nice looking woman whom I'd never seen in real life. After looking at the pictures, I took them back inside the place and set them on the kitchen counter.

There are a few places out here that have second floors. Going up a flight of stairs in an abandoned house is the scariest thing imaginable...I know of one place that's being used by homeless because I found a pretty clean sleeping bag, a little Sterno stove, and a lot of canned soup, chili, and food, on the second floor of a place a few miles from my house. I got the heck out of there fast, without touching anything..

Marisol shakes her finger at me, like I'm a naughty , when I tell her I'm leaving to go through one of these places.. "Make sure you take your cell phone with you, just in case." she always reminds me..

Just before I enter one of the abandoned houses, I get the same feeling in my stomach as I did when I was a and was about to take my first ride on a rollar coaster...

by david stardust.... July 15, Friday morning.... 2016...






stardust81937 87M
8340 posts
7/16/2016 6:46 am

    Quoting sweet_VM:
    You sure can find some treasures in lots of place can't you hugssssssss V
I've seen a lot of people come and go out here on the Mojave. Only a few of us old guys are left. The living seems to be too tough for the young ones to be able to find any happiness here... M. and I wouldn't live anywhere else though. XO Sweetness !


sweet_VM 65F
81699 posts
7/15/2016 3:41 pm

You sure can find some treasures in lots of place can't you hugssssssss V

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stardust81937 87M
8340 posts
7/15/2016 6:39 am

    Quoting  :

Before we had lumber companies in this area (prior to 1990) , I've seen whole abandoned houses carefully demolished for the building supplies. This is a strange area because only 150 miles to the West live 15 million people swarming all over each other for space to stretch... During the 40 years I've lived here the population has steadily grown. 25 miles to the West of my place two cities have grown (Yucca Valley, and Joshua Tree), where there was nothing but a couple of run down shacks and miles of empty space filled with magnificent Joshua Trees. Thanks for your comment, Bob...


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