Virginia City

Yesterday after Mass, I went to Virginia City. If you haven't been there, Virginia City is a ghost town that has been "revived", with a couple museums and lots of shops. Quite a few of the buildings are on the National Registry for Historic buildings, which is kind of strange considering a couple of them look little more than wooden shacks.

It's a nice day trip, about an hour and a half from Butte. It was a cool day (snowing in Butte), with fog and mist hovering over the mountains.

It was rainy in Virginia City, and way too commercialized. I would have liked to see a blacksmith turning out horseshoe souvenirs, a "real" candy shop with old-fashioned candies, etc. There was a "drug store" that was selling a lot of period clothes. Personally I think a lot of those period clothes look fancy, but I think the only time I'd actually wear anything like that is to a costume party. There was a gorgeous dark green taffeta gown in the store window, but I didn't ask to try it on.

If you end up going to Virginia City, make sure to get a photo taken. There are a couple photo booths where they take a photo of you dressed up in period clothes (most of the clothes fit over your own, so prepare to look like you just gained 30 pounds).