Yellowstone & Virginia City

We are trying to take advantage of all the time Tyler has with us since he is unemployed right now. Also since Tyler is unemployed we are limited to what we can do since we have no income. This week we decided to go to West Yellowstone, Virginia City and Nevada City. All for under $200! We could have done it cheaper but we didn't plan meals very good and ate out twice. Yellowstone was fun but really crowded. Apparently September is when all the Europeans and Chinese come so we couldn't find a hotel anywhere in West. We drove to Ennis which is about an hour past West and stayed in a cute little hotel there. In the morning we drove 14 miles to Virginia City and checked out all the cool old buildings and shops. Virginia City was a gold mining town found in 1863 and the population reached 10,000 but by 1890 the pop was 500. Now its about 150. Most stuff was closed down for the season but it was still neat. After we walked down that street we went to Nevada City which is just a mile down the road. Here you can see passenger trains and a bunch of old homes where all the miners lived. Its exactly how I would picture a little town or village in the 1800's. If you haven't been there I would recommend going sometime. It's only like 2.5 - 3 hours away, depending on which way you go. During the summer there is an old steam locomotive you can ride from Virginia City to Nevada City. I was really bad about taking pictures but here are a few.






This is overlooking Ennis and Madison Valley. It was so pretty there!