Bozeman Montana

A home in the Ghost town of Nevada City, Montana

John and I are now camped in Bozeman, Montana. John is standing over Ennis, Montana (People were riding bicycles loaded with camping equipment over the pass) on the road to Virginia City and Nevada City, Montana. The two towns are two miles apart, part of a chain of towns that reached fourteen miles down Alder Gulch during the gold rush of 1863-64.

Nevada City is a ghost town, owned by the state, but Virginia City is still inhabited. It's a real tourist trap but interesting because the origional buildings are still there. Usually the entire town would burn down in a fire but that didn't happen here.

Bozeman is a beautiful town surrounded by snow-capped mountains. It's small but up-scale, filled with little shops, cafes and coffee bars. It also has a Harley-Davidson dealership, giving John the opportunity to get another shirt for himself and Coen.