Beachside Ghost Town

Everyone has heard of abandoned ghost towns of the wild west.

We've seen the dusty streets in movies, broken shutters of empty buildings flapping in the hot wind.

Well, while walking near a lake at sunset, something caught my eye on the beach. No human was around. Squinting in the dusky light, an entire sandcastle village came into focus.

Someone, or perhaps a whole group of people,  had spent quite a bit of time designing all the roads, bridges, and streets of the sandy town.

It included stone formations, weeds for trees, a variety of buildings and walls,and so forth.

A pine cone "tree" ( shown to the left) stood bravely in the sand.

A small plastic dog figure lay abandoned in one of the streets. (Poor Fido must be wondering where his own went! Click on photo to enlarge if you want to see it.)

I loved looking at all the details of the town. One wave from the lake could wipe it out in a split second but that had not yet happened.  The town stood, in all its glory, proud and sturdy in the evening twilight.

HAVE YOU MADE CASTLES IN THE SAND?  DO YOU STILL MAKE THEM?