HOW Day 11
Idaho Falls, ID to Dillon, MT
We started out riding up the Immigrant Trail into the Targhee National Forest. We rode over Webber Pass as we made our way north. We rode by the Edie School and took some photos.
We crossed the Continental Divide between Idaho and Montana at Bannack Pass.
We rode into Beaverhead National Forest and along Medicine Lodge Road
We came upon a deep water crossing and we all made it.
We checked in te hotel and rode back to the Bannack State Historic Park. Bannack was established in July of 1862 when John White and his fellow members of the “Pikes Peakers” discovered gold along the Grasshopper Creek. It was named after the Bannock Indians who frequented the area. In its heyday, Bannack boasted a population of several thousand. When the gold ran out the population began to shrink and in 1938 the Post Office closed and the school closed in the 1950s. after that the town was abandoned and became a ghost town. Locals in the area organized to preserve the old town and now it is probably the best preserved “Ghost town” in the United States!
We loved the ghost town and had a lot of fun acting out different characters in the various buildings.
We even had a small herd of mule deer visit us. They are super inquisitive.
We rode back to Dillon, MT to spend the night under menacing skies but got no rain.
Make Life a Ride !
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