We then went downtown to check out the St. Paddy's Day Parade. This is an event that requires no pre-requisite to be involved. The Sons of Norway trailered their Viking Ship through the parade route. We watched for about half an hour before heading out to drink some green beer.
This weekend has been planned for for quite a while. It is our traditional amnesty weekend where we go off the diet. I weighed in at 210.9 this morning. That's only a pound or so up. I'm trying to get to a flat 200 pounds. These last ten will be the tough ones.
Saturday afternoon we headed east for Wallace, Idaho. Wallace is a sleepy little North Idaho mining town with a rich ribald history that one might expect from a community populated by miners. One of the huge mines was recently shut down for six months by the Bureau of Mines of some government entity like that in order to reinforce the mine's integrity.
As such, the already depressed economy of the Silver Valley is even worse off. You can buy a fairly decent little house in Wallace for $40,000.00.
The only thing the area has going for it right now is the area. It's gorgeous country with lots of outdoor activities to enjoy. We were there to ski. In the summer, there are bike trails you can't believe.
Here are my collection of pictures from skiing this weekend.
This 9is a shot from the top of a run called Marmot looking down into the far east end of the Silver Valley. Montana is to the east at right.
This shot is at the bottom of the Marmot run. I took the previous picture from waaaaaaay up at the top.
This is the same picture that I cannot seem to delete.
This is the picture that should have been above there. It's taken from the same spot but looking west towards the Silver Valley. Wallace and Mullan are out there somewhere and you can see I-90 which takes you there.
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