It was a pretty crummy weekend and I was still worn out from our vacation. So what did I do? Planed my girl trip of course! I plotted what I want to see on the drive between Schurz and Tonopah. Not including mines, I ended up with 30 towns in a 130 mile stretch of Highway 95. I might need to narrow down my list a little. I'm trying to decide what I want to explore outside of Tonopah, I ... VIEW POST
Recent Ghost Towns & Travel Updates
St. George & Snow Canyon
We spent our last day in St. George exploring town and Snow Canyon State Park. We drove past the LDS Temple and Brigham Young's winter house but both were closed due to construction and COVID. We drove to neighbor town, Santa Clara to see a miner's cabin moved from Silver Reef. My daughter and I spent our last afternoon hiking beautiful Snow Canyon State Park. The park seemes so ... VIEW POST
Old Irontown & Mountain Meadows, Utah
Thursday was my favorite day of vacation as the entire family decided to join me. Our day started at a somber location, Mountain Meadows. In 1857 an emigrant wagon from Arkansas was attacked multiple times in the meadows by Paiute's and Mormon Militia disguised as Paiutes. After five days of attacks and a siege, undisguised Militia came forward waving a white flag, promising to end hostilities ... VIEW POST
Mountain Meadows and Old Irontown Trip
Thursday was my favorite day of vacation as the entire family decided to join me. Our day started at a somber location, Mountain Meadows. In 1857 an emigrant wagon from Arkansas was attacked multiple times by Piute's and Mormon Militia disguised as Piute's. After a 5 days of attacks and a siege, undisguised Militia came forward waving a white flag, promising to end hostilities with the ... VIEW POST
Girl’s Day: Moapa Valley
Travel Update: Full Post to Follow My daughter and I had a great girls only day on vacation. While the guys hung out at the rental we drove to Moapa Valley, Nevada. We started our day at the Lost City Museum and were welcomed by director, Mary Beth and attendant, Jesse. The museum is probably the most underrated Nevada State Museum. It was constructed in 1935 by the CCC. It has an artifact ... VIEW POST
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