Montana Day 3: ATV ride into the hills

July 3, 2014

This was an extra fun day.  We took an ATV trip up to the mountains, starting from Virginia City up into the Gravellys. The scenery was beautiful, and the ATV was very comfortable... it had a back rest, and we were going no more than 20 mph.

Buildings left over from an old mining operation

Wall joints of the
mining HQ building

Our two machines, near the mining operation

Close up of the machines - I was on the red one

Pretty plants

This lady - Nancy- died in child birth in 1869,
but her child survived

Nancy's grave.  Coincidentally,
 we ran into her great, great,
great granddaughter earlier
in the day, walking her dog :)

These are the remains of another smelter
operation.

That is a tiny bit of me in the
rear view mirror

Here is more of me in the rear view mirror

We came upon a meadow of wild flowers.
The fragrance was so very strong, if was nice.

Gary conquered this hill of flowers

Wildflower meadow with mountains
 in the background.  We could see five
mountain ranges from here, one was in Idaho.

Close up of Wild Iris

Entrance to an old mine shaft, now in ruins