Silver City

The weekend of February 13-15 found a 12  IWOW women and one daring husband, Bud snowshoeing and skiing into Silver City in the Owyhee Mountains in South Central Idaho.    We went up via Murphy entrance this time.  We all drove to where we could begin the 8 mile snowshoe in.  Fortunately, our great hosts, Jerri and Roger, and some of their friends, had their snowmachines at the same place to take our gear in.  After they got our gear there, they came back to see which of us poor ladies needed some help in the 8 mile UPHILL drudge there.  I must admit, I did get on that machine after 6 miles of uphill since I was hauling in my camera gear and my back was beginning to get sore.

The hotel is about 150 years old and very rustic.  The place keeps the feel of the old west and you almost expect a ghost from the past to appear in the hallway.  There is no running water so we did have to go without showers for the 3 days.  We had fantastic meals and gathered in the dining room near the wood stove and ate and drank and played games and gabbed when we weren't out snowshoeing or exploring.

Roger opened up the drug store which dates back to early, early 1900s and many of the items that were just left there.  Here are a couple of pics from there.

I can't wait to go again.  It is an near annual tradition for us all.

Thanks to Jan for organizing and the rest of my fellow buddies...Cyn, Norma, Meg, Heather, the other Kathryn, Cheryl,  Sandy, Marion and her hubby, Bud.

I hope to have more pictures included in the near future.