Only an hour away from Las Vegas, the small community of Searchlight, Nevada makes a nice location to stop and try out some desert shooting alongside some relics of old mining artifacts. We randomly choose a side road that intersects off the main 95 highway and came across an abandoned old residence. Surrounded by the classic desert baron landscape of this part of the desert, this old well worn structure stuck out like it was calling for us to come explore inside it's once lived in contents.
The dilapidation of the ceiling made an excellent backdrop and foreground for Anna. All of the textures and shadows in this home were ideal for photos. We had planned to take a couple of photos then be on our way but after checking the place out we wound up staying a couple of hours. It was well worth it and I had to wonder a couple of times if watching eyes were upon us. I felt, on more than one occasion, like someone (or something) was viewing our exploration. I suppose it is easy to feel creeped out in situations where you are crawling in and around an old abandoned building in an old once thriving gold rush town. Ghosts seem to like to hang out in these types of environments or at least I have heard this a time or two.
