Fourth Of July Weekend Adventure!

July 1st

Dave and I decided to take a trip over a 4 day weekend.  We covered a lot of territory in those days.  We left early Friday morning and headed for Virginia City, MT.

Our first stop was Robbers Roost.  It was an old hotel near Ruby, MT.

 Nevada City, MT

This ghost town is really neat!  Most of these old buildings were moved here from neighboring ghost towns and are pretty much the way they originally were.  It cost 8.00 for adults to go in.  It was fun to look into the shops and  old buildings. 

The amount of stuff in the stores and the authenticity was pretty neat.

This old house was pretty fancy on the inside.  It had the original wall paper and carpet inside.

I really liked the old light fixtures that were in the living and parlor rooms.

This tub had a marble rim.  The feet were marble too. 

I found the facinators in Nevada City!!

Virginia City, MT

This is the view of main street looking north.

The old court house.  Virginia City was the capital of Montana for a little while.

The Telephone Company in this old log building

The old tin ceiling in this store.  Lots of merchandise.  These buildings were well stocked.  Neat stuff !

Dave and I took a stage coach tour ride.  $15.00 for adults.  We were the last ride of the day and had the coach to ourselves.

Duke and Dawn were pulling the stage.

Our tour guide/stage driver, said that at one time Virginia City had a population over 20,000 people during the height of the gold rush.

The stage ride took us out of town to the site of the first discovery of gold located in the canyon just east of town.

After the stage ride, we drove above town.  This is the view of town from the old cemetary.

Someone made a funny little plot.  Across from the Road Agent plots.

Road Agent burial plots below.

July 2nd

Yellowstone National Park- North Entrance

I love this entrance to the park

The first of 2 grizzlies that we saw

Yellowstone Falls

Down Old Tom's trail to the lower falls overlook.  YES it is a lot of steps!

The amount of water coming over the falls was incredible due to the large amount of snowpack this year.

Can't go to Yellowstone without seeing the Buff in the road.

Fishing Bridge

A little bit of water going under the bridge.

Yellowstone Lake

The crowd and Dave waiting for Old Faithful

The new visitors center at Old Faithful

The second Grizzly

July 3rd

Madison Buffalo Jump west of Bozeman 



Not much to see here.  There is an interpretive site at the top of a hill that overlooks where the Buffalo were run over the cliffs.

 Lewis and Clark Caverns

This is the view from the cave entrance

You have to hike 3/4 mile to the entrance from the visitors center.

The tour guide said that at Christmas time, they decorate this room with Xmas lights and give candle light tours.

 July 4th

Arlee, Montana 4th of July Parade and Pow Wow

 The Arlee Pow Wow had their own parade at 1100

This was the cutest little mule.  She lead the group without a halter or lead rope.

The Arlee 4th of July Parade started at noon.

And then the tractors...

Arlee Pow Wow Dancing

Kootenai and Salish tribes



This horse bag was all bead work. 

We packed a lot in these 4 days and had a great time!