Hooray!! I finally finished shooting the photos for my 2025 calendar, with my photographer friend Jessica. You can get one for yourself here: https://www.createphotocalendars.com/Store/Wonderhussy+Official+2025+Calendar-2908734276

You might remember Jessica from many of my past videos — including last year’s calendar shoot, which she also photographed. This year, we decided to shoot most of the photos in and around beautiful Goldfield, Nevada — a historic mining town about halfway between Las Vegas and Reno, in the middle of nowhere.

Believe it or not, even though there are only about 200 people living there today…a hundred years ago Goldfield was the biggest city in Nevada, with a population of around 20,000! And that’s why there are so many buildings, cars and ruins left today — it’s like an adult Disneyland for anyone interested in history and abandoned places. And it’s an EXCELLENT place to shoot a calendar!

During our trip, we were lucky enough to get to stay in a beautifully restored historic Airbnb called the Ish House, built in 1907 by a Goldfielder named Milton C. Ish. The house is absolutely incredible — and supposedly haunted!

When we were done shooting the calendar photos, my sister and another girlfriend came up to join us. Who says you have to go to Vegas for a wild Girls’ Weekend?! Not only did we visit both saloons in Goldfield, but there also happened to be a Santa-themed pub crawl in Tonopah on Saturday, only a few miles up the road…so we hit the town there, too.

But the best part of the whole week was being able to take advantage of a nearby hot spring, out in the middle of nowhere, within easy driving distance of our Airbnb. After a long day of shooting photos, exploring historic buildings and drinking holiday toddies…it was better than any Vegas spa, and we thoroughly enjoyed it.

Of course I documented all of this in a video — so tune in Wednesday, and see for yourself. Vegas is fine, but in my opinion…you can have the MOST fun in a place like Goldfield — in the middle of nowhere.
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