Arlyn and I drove down to Nampa, Idaho to visit daughter Tracie and her family over Columbus Day weekend.
On Saturday we shopped at the new Cabella's and Costco there and just had a good time spending time together. In the evening we relaxed in the hot tub before retiring for the night.
We went to church Sunday morning and in the afternoon took a ride to Silver City Ghost Town. Given the long hilly, curvy, bumpy dirt road up there, you would wonder how even a horse and wagon could have manuvered there. The town in its prime hosted over 400 residence and 100 businesses. Today there are 22 residents in the summer and only 1 in the winter. The temperatures get so low there that they
shut the off the water supply in the winter.
shut the off the water supply in the winter.We ate lunch in an old hotel that had been moved there piece by piece and reconstructed, and then walked through part of the village. I wish we had gotten a picture of the town sheriff. He came walking in with his big cowboy hat, sporting a big mustache and packing a pistol. Just what you would expect in an old west town.
Arlyn and I took the long way home, coming through Salmon, Idaho. We checked out a site near there for our 2007 Father's Day family camping trip.
Before heading home we stopped at Tara's in Lolo, and took the family to dinner at Famous Dave's B-B-Q.
Below find the url to all the pictures of the weekend. There are some good ones of Silver City!
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