We had a fun plan for the weekend. Saturday morning we planned on going to Meadow Lake near Leadore. It is the highest lake you can drive to in Idaho. We packed a lunch and were on our way with a bunch of friends and Grandma Porter. But, as we drove into Mud Lake the sky over the Sawtooth Mountains were black and we couldn't see them. So, we turned around and decided to visit Beaver Dick Park in Rexburg. It was fun, but a bit chilly.
Here are some pics from the park. Everyone else went fishing on the river and I don't have pictures from that
Bo heard about a Ghost Town in Mackay and we planned to go with my parents this morning. We packed our lunches again and went on our way. Today was beautiful! We couldn't have asked for more beautiful day. Yay!
The ghost town was awesome! The name is White Knob Ghost Town. Here's a little history:
White Knob Mountain was the source of millions of dollars of copper ore early in the 1900s. The first mine to start the village of White Knob was appropriately named the White Knob Mine. In time, the town grew to have stores, a post office, a boarding house, a school and even a theatre. Mining operations were on the east face of the mountain. A large, electric powered tramway was built to haul the ore down the mountain to the smelter and blast furnaces located in Mackay. Later, the Empire Railroad built a narrow gauge track that wound up the mountainside for nearly eight miles before reaching the mines. Most of the railroad grade can still be seen as well as the tram towers.
We RZR'd in and around the mountain. There were twenty stops on the tour. I took too many pictures this time. So, here is an overload because I couldn't decided which ones to post.
Here was the first building we saw and it was full of different tools:
You may notice Conrad is in most of the pictures. He kept popping in every time the camera came out. I had to laugh, but he sure was photogenic today. :)
This was my favorite stop. It had a really cool building and a great mine entrance. There was also a lot of cool rocks.
Mom and Dad
Caleb had a blast playing with the rocks:
Another pop in but so sweet :)
Hailey spent many stops looking for green oxidized rock with copper. She got quite a few...
The boys spent a lot time throwing the rocks!
This was also a favorite stop. What a cool picture. This is where they loaded the buckets for the Arial tram.
We pretty much went to the top of the Mountain
The kids had a blast the whole time. No complaints.
Love this pic
An outhouse
Caleb finally fell asleep on our way out. That's how it always happens...
This was one of my favorite trips we've done. The kids had so much fun. Conrad told my about fifteen times that "This is a really fun day!" It was great spending the day with my parents too. Thanks for coming!
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