Gorgeous Day!

The weather was perfect so we decided to enjoy it as it might be the last sunny day for awhile...

We loved the last White Knob Ghost Town and we decided to visit another.  This time we went with a couple in our ward, the Nelson's.  They have a really cute family and it was fun to get to know them better.

We were in Gilmore, Idaho.  It's near Leadore. Gilmore Ghost Town was established around 1900.  Here a bit of info I copied from the informational website. "Attempts to mill the ore locally failed. Freight wagons and mule teams were employed to haul ore to a smelter at Nicholia. All operations at Gilmore ceased when the smelter burned down. In 1910, the railroad reached Gilmore and ore was shipped by rail to Montana. Prosperity lasted until the depression years of 1929 when all major mines were closed for good. The closing of the mines forced the railroad to remove the tracks and Gilmore became a ghost town."  This Ghost town wasn't as nicely preserved as the last, but it has some really cool old buildings.  It was interesting to see how they finished their walls.

That cream paper in the walls was kinda like cardboard.  

This building was awesome.  Very big for it's time.

Meadow Lake was so pretty and clear.  You could see right into the water.  There were little minnows that the kids loved.  We could even see a couple of fish.  The boys had a blast fishing and Hailey had a great time looking for (you guessed it) rocks.

Hailey finding rocks.

These two loved wading

Hailey telling the boys which rocks to grab from the lake. 

Bo in his element.