Our latest journey....
We seem to do this hike about the same time every year :) It's really beautiful up there this time of year with the color changing to the fall ones...hope you enjoy the pictures :)  We had a great time taking them :)

Mess Hall (I think that is what that building was)

Rusty sled and trailor

View from Mess hall lookin up at the foreman's apartments

Collapsed buildings

Rail system up there...boy that had to be scary LOL

Clouds are coming in :)

Visitor's Center...I think it used to be the apartments..not sure

Creek up at Independence Mine

Collapsed buildings

Another collapsed building :)

First step is a real doozy out of that door LOL :)

Looking down from trail up to Water Tunnel

Clouds covering the mountain tops

Refurbished rail section at water tunnel

Building on the mountianside

Cute furry little guy

Foreman's apartment

Another view of the foreman's apartment

Water tunnel

View looking out towards the valley - can you see the Butte out there?

Ooop! Someone forgot to take out the drill bit :) Looks like they took quite a few core samples from this rock

This took the supplies and men down into the tunnel and did a bit of digging too

Oh my gosh! This building was waaaaaaaay up on the top of the mountain

Another furry little critter that came out to do some people watching