Our first day trip was to Virginia City. Unfortunately the Talbots didn't arrive until early evening that night so they didn't get to join us. Still, we had two sets of Freys, the Cherpeskis and Andersens. We walked around the scorching streets and then the clan went to the museum while I nursed Kolton on a bench in the shade. The Cherpeskis got their traditional photo and we ate our packed lunches while the Freys went out to eat.
The girls truly love each other. They played and played and played. Despite group of 3 on this day, there were no tears.
Virginia City is a charming town with saloons and gun slingers on every corner. There are old buildings, vintage shops and multiple museums.
The kids learned about the first mines and what it took to run them.
Ekco is so cute. Every morning when she gets up she color coordinates her outfits with Xiana. Sometimes it's a stretch, but this day she managed to find matching shirts for herself, Xiana, and Nicole who was staying with us.
The whole group went on a train ride. It was nice to feel the breeze, sit and learn a little more about the olden days.
Kolton loved it!
He was all smiles for grandpa to catch.
It's pretty remarkable that we didn't lose anybody out the window because the kids were a little careless with the open sides.
Cute family... almost family picture (I'm not exaggerating when I say we scarcely saw Xiana the entire trip...she was busy!)
The girls minus Anna. She arrived later that day.
These kids were troopers. We had to do a lot of walking including several stories of stairs. They all managed to make it stroller free (except for the babies... we took pity on them and let them have a free ride).
One of my favorite things at Virginia City is the homemade waffle cones. Brian loves the caramel apples. So, we indulged in both. And they were scrumptious!
Part of the group went to the gun show (and the other part kind of wishes they had) and the other part went on the underground mine tour. Mom, myself, and Karla took the little ones on the mine tour. I have to admit, they were a bit young to appreciate the volume of information given on the tour. Though they did like the hard hats and the part where the guide blew out the candle leaving it pitch black. However, he did not have a very captive audience. At the very end the guide asked if anyone had any questions. The kids were silent so he further prodded saying there was no such thing as a stupid question. Xiana raised her hand and asked, "Is it almost time to be off this journey?" What a little stinker! He wasn't very amused commenting, "we are done."
The gun show, I heard, was excellent. In fact, for many it was the highlight of the trip. They said it was hilarious with a good portion of bathroom humor. We have a lot of boys in this group so that went over perfectly. This is Stinky. He is in the parade and is quite funny. You can pay to feed his donkey and many of the kids did so.
Ekco fed him too and was excited about it.
Another must see in my book is the Virginia City Jail. I love taking pictures here. Sometimes we miss it because it's easy to forget about as it's hidden down an alley. Our last stop was jail. We took turns being admitted.
Girls...we told them to look mad....
But they were pretty happy to be in jail.
Our whole family got locked up.
As did the Freys. Virginia City was kind of an afterthought to our plans, but it was a lot of fun. I'm glad we went. Xiana always asks if we can go again when she sees the picture on the train (which I'm ashamed to admit was taken two years ago). Like all people we forget sometimes the treasures that are right in our backyard.
The girls truly love each other. They played and played and played. Despite group of 3 on this day, there were no tears.
Virginia City is a charming town with saloons and gun slingers on every corner. There are old buildings, vintage shops and multiple museums.
The kids learned about the first mines and what it took to run them.
Ekco is so cute. Every morning when she gets up she color coordinates her outfits with Xiana. Sometimes it's a stretch, but this day she managed to find matching shirts for herself, Xiana, and Nicole who was staying with us.
The whole group went on a train ride. It was nice to feel the breeze, sit and learn a little more about the olden days.
Kolton loved it!
He was all smiles for grandpa to catch.
It's pretty remarkable that we didn't lose anybody out the window because the kids were a little careless with the open sides.
Cute family... almost family picture (I'm not exaggerating when I say we scarcely saw Xiana the entire trip...she was busy!)
The girls minus Anna. She arrived later that day.
These kids were troopers. We had to do a lot of walking including several stories of stairs. They all managed to make it stroller free (except for the babies... we took pity on them and let them have a free ride).
One of my favorite things at Virginia City is the homemade waffle cones. Brian loves the caramel apples. So, we indulged in both. And they were scrumptious!
Part of the group went to the gun show (and the other part kind of wishes they had) and the other part went on the underground mine tour. Mom, myself, and Karla took the little ones on the mine tour. I have to admit, they were a bit young to appreciate the volume of information given on the tour. Though they did like the hard hats and the part where the guide blew out the candle leaving it pitch black. However, he did not have a very captive audience. At the very end the guide asked if anyone had any questions. The kids were silent so he further prodded saying there was no such thing as a stupid question. Xiana raised her hand and asked, "Is it almost time to be off this journey?" What a little stinker! He wasn't very amused commenting, "we are done."
The gun show, I heard, was excellent. In fact, for many it was the highlight of the trip. They said it was hilarious with a good portion of bathroom humor. We have a lot of boys in this group so that went over perfectly. This is Stinky. He is in the parade and is quite funny. You can pay to feed his donkey and many of the kids did so.
Ekco fed him too and was excited about it.
Another must see in my book is the Virginia City Jail. I love taking pictures here. Sometimes we miss it because it's easy to forget about as it's hidden down an alley. Our last stop was jail. We took turns being admitted.
Girls...we told them to look mad....
But they were pretty happy to be in jail.
Our whole family got locked up.
As did the Freys. Virginia City was kind of an afterthought to our plans, but it was a lot of fun. I'm glad we went. Xiana always asks if we can go again when she sees the picture on the train (which I'm ashamed to admit was taken two years ago). Like all people we forget sometimes the treasures that are right in our backyard. 
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