Chloride’s Old Miners’ Day

We’ve been to the ‘living ghost town’ of Chloride, Arizona, several times since our first visit last March. With a current population hovering ~250 people, this quirky, quaint little town nestled in the Cerbat Mountains is considered the oldest continuously inhabited mining town in Arizona. When we were here a few weeks ago with Brennan showing him the Purcell murals, we stopped in Yesterday’s Restaurant for an after-hike beer, and we were reminded by our waitress about the upcoming 50th Anniversary of Old Miners’ Day. We enjoy small-town celebrations and thought we’d head back to Chloride to participate in the fete.We arrived just in time to check out the bake sale before the parade, which started at ‘high noon’. It was a cool, breezy day, but the sun shone brightly, and the parade commenced a bit later than ‘high noon’, but close enough to count. The parade route was lined with locals and visitors alike. We found a bench with a two-butt-wide opening to accommodate us and settled in…