Mountain Roads

On one of the last days in Montana, my parents, cousin, sister and I loaded up and headed out of town to go explore the sapphire mines in a little town a few hours away.

Because I am a camera wielding nut, my dad decided that we'd take the scenic route over a 32 mile pass--that was mostly single lane dirt road. I thought this was genius, the rest of the family, notsomuch.

This was as we were heading out of town.
The trees in the pass. There was a major drop off the right side, and my sister was freaking out the whole time. Let me tell you, 32 miles of her screaming and dad was really fun.

But, after what seemed like eternity (or, six miles) we made it to Skalkaho Falls.
Crazy, right?



You could feel the spray from the falls, and let me tell you, that was some COLD water!
The remaining miles were fairly uneventful as I believe my sister fell asleep, and once we were out of the pass, we came out in a lovely little valley.
We spent the day exploring town and then I got the grand idea to go looking for the old mining section of town--which was four miles up a dirt canyon (I mean, we surviving 32 miles of death, what is four?)--but, our reward--the ghost town, was totally worth it!

We literally could have spent all day exploring the ghost town, and I have plenty of pictures to prove it!

Next up: Granite Ghost Town!

Who knew I'd have so much fun in the middle of nowhere Montana?