June 17, 2008 Dansk tekst til venstre English text on the right Dagens baghave: Backyard of the Day: Chloride, Mohave County, Arizona Chloride is located a little ways north of Kingman in Mohave County, Arizona.   Det er vores sidste hele feriedag, så vi er så småt på vej tilbage til San Diego. Vi tog et sving over Hoover Dam og ned til Chloride, Arizona, en gammel mineby, som stadig har rundt regnet 250 indbyggere. It was our last whole day of vacation, so we are slowly winding our way back to San Diego. We made a sidetrip over Hoover Dam and down to Chloride, Arizona, an old mining town, which still has about 250 residents.

Chloride blev grundlagt først i 1860erne, men det var først omkring 1870, efter der var blevet skrevet fredstraktat med indianerne, at folk rigtig strømmede til. Minerne omkring Chloride udvandt over syv millioner dollars i guld, sølv, bly, zink og kobber, og der var over 1500 mennesker her omkring århundredeskiftet. Posthuset åbnede i 1873, og siges i dag at være det ældste posthus i Arizona, der stadig er åbent. Chloride was settled in the early 1860s, but it wasn't until 1870, after a peace treaty had been signed with the Indians, that people began to come here in droves. The mines around Chloride earned more than seven millon dollars in gold, silver, lead, zinc, and cobber, and there were over 1500 residents here at the turn of the century. The post office opened in 1873, and is said to be the oldest post office in Arizona still open.

Chlorides gamle fængsel ~ Chloride's old jail     Det gamle lønningskontor ~ The old paymaster office     Chlorides gamle jernbanestation ~ Chloride's old railroad station

Arizona Central Bank     Gammel benzinstation ~ Old gas station     Yesterdays Restaurant... ...ligger, hvor den gamle "Miner's Inn" lå fra omkring 1860. ...is located where the old "Miner's Inn" was from about 1860.   Hamburgerne serveres med mere end bare den sædvanlige skive ost, bl.a. kan man få rejer, kødpølse, spejlæg, jordnøddesmør, syltetøj eller guf ovenpå bøffen! Hamburgers are served with more than the usual slice of cheese, such as shrimp, bologna, fried egg, peanut butter, jelly, or marshmallow fluff on top of the hamburger patty!

I dag er Chloride mest bemærkelsesværdig ved at adskillige af byens borgere meget fantasifuldt bruger deres gamle ragels... æhm... genbrugsartikler til at pynte op i forhaverne - med mere eller mindre heldigt udfald. Today Chloride is particularly noteworthy for the fact that several of the towns citizens very creatively use their old cra... ehem... their old recyclables to decorate their front yards - with more or less succesful outcomes.

Når man bare ikke kan sige fra i tide ~ When you just don't know when to say when     Chloride Kirkegård har ikke meget, hvad gamle gravsten angår, men den stolte tradition med at pynte med forhåndenværende skrammel fortsætter på kirkegården... Chloride Cemetery doesn't have much in the way of old grave markers, but the proud tradition of decorating with random available junk continues at the cemetery...

Sommetider er det næsten helt smagfuldt.... Sometimes it's almost quite tasteful....

Der er ikke meget vegetation på kirkegården, men vi fandt da en enkelt kaktusblomst og adskillige vilde græskar. There isn't much vegetation in the cemetery, but we did find a cactus flower and several wild squash.

Melvin Royce Park Dagens mest humoristiske indslag kom fra kirkegården. "Her ligger jeg en jernarbejder af erhverv min gravsten og kiste lavede jeg med alvor i sindet Min familie og venner troede jeg var tosset at lave sådan en kasse en halv tomme tyk Og jeg kan kun håbe de ikke for at spare deres rygge har begravet mig i en kartoffelsæk." The most humorous sight of the day was at the cemetery. "Here I lie an ironworker by trade my headstone and coffin I somberly made My kins and friends thought I was sick to make such a vessel one half of an inch thick I can only hope to save their back they didn't bury me in a burlap sack."         I en dal lidt udenfor Chloride er klipper, der er berømte, fordi Roy Purcell har malet dem. Vi kørte ikke ud for at se malerierne, fordi vi fik at vide, at vejen derud er meget udvasket og dårlig. In a valley just outside Chloride are rocks that are famous, because they have been painted by Roy Purcell. We didn't drive out to see the murals, since we were told the road is very washed out.

Camping/Boondocking Information We boondocked at the Highway 40 rest area a bit east of Daggett, California. Facilities: Restrooms Picnic areas   More Arizona Travel Information Here YESTERDAY TOMORROW