Arizona

Ever wondered where the middle of nowhere is located? Welcome to Octave, Arizona. In it's golden years (pun intended), Octave was a minuscule gold mining town that even had a school and grocery store. Now, Octave is no more than a system of gravel roads leading to a few eerie mobile homes.

The nearest town is Stanton. I use the term "town" loosely. Even as a ghost town, it's barely sizable enough to be considered as such. It's basically an RV park that happens to have a couple of ghost town buildings in it. Stanton was only a town for thirty years, but there are still buildings preserved by the Lost Dutchman Mining Association.

Stanton was founded by Charles Stanton, a man as creepy as the ghost town itself. He often hired others to kill off people he knew, but eventually met his fate in his own store. 

Proof that I have been stuck in Olympia all winter while my siblings were touring the country.

On our way to our next stop, Las Vegas, we stopped by the Hoover Dam. Andy and I were impressed that they had restored all the damage caused by the Decepticons in Transformers. We hopped out of the car to take a view pics while Mom circled the dam. I couldn't even imagine her trying to do that with the motorhome. 

And to think... all of this was made to cover up the government's research on Transformers...