DeChambeau Ranch, Mono Basin. Now part of the forest service, this ranch was founded in 1871, providing food primarily to various mining operations through the years. It stands alone in a vast, wild landscape, the wooden structures eerily well preserved.
@cliffordbeshers There is a distinctive split for me in the character of this area. On the one hand, it is California, Sierra, Yosemite adjacent, hiking, skiing, backcountry. On the other hand, it has remnants of the old west, mule teams, old mines, old homesteads. The character of the photograph and the associations triggered seem to veer widely based on whether I include an old fence or the like.
