Bannack Days

As it is winter, we haven't gone on many an adventure as of late; A few day trips, of course, but nothing big....So we have decided to review one of our favorite Ghost Towns: Bannock Montana.
Bannock is an exceedingly well preserved, abandoned mining town. It costs a couple of bucks to get in, but the money goes toward the upkeep of the town, so it's well worth the few dollars asked. There are over a dosen houses and buildings still standing (including a church, school, mill, and the very impressive Hotel Mead.) We've gone a few times, as it's only a couple hours from our respective parent's homes in Idaho.

Each year in July, a weekend event called "Bannack Days" is held (Crazy-creative name, right?) It's supposed to be a "traditional" event, but in reality, while it is fun, It's not all that great, with REALLY bad rootbeer, frumpy ladies in corsets, and Fat, pants-less "Trapper-dudes" with leather knee-high leggings............Excellent doughnuts though. We attended last year, in hopes of seeing really great reenactments, traditional events, and old-timey costumes.

As we had gone to Bannack previousely, we were excited to see what the Hullah-baloo was about; We planned our trip, and made a weekend out of it: We camped, shot muzzleloaders, made candles, roved around town, and tried hard not tho make fun of the poor preformers.

-At night, we drove a few hours north of the town, and found ourselves in butte to see a late movie, before heading back to sleep in the back of the truck, and attend church services in the old church the next morning....................We recommend visiting any other time of the year, outside of bannack days. Although, it was worth it to take the Very fun, and informative, Mill-Tour.

Until next time!