{"id":329,"date":"1988-07-13T03:39:00","date_gmt":"1988-07-13T03:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pididu.com\/wordpress\/bike1988\/?p=329"},"modified":"2026-08-05T04:10:55","modified_gmt":"2026-08-05T04:10:55","slug":"virginia-city-mt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/pididu.com\/wordpress\/bike1988\/virginia-city-mt\/","title":{"rendered":"Virginia City, MT"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"695\" src=\"http:\/\/pididu.com\/wordpress\/bike1988\/files\/2026\/08\/10-26-2014_017-1024x695.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-330\" srcset=\"http:\/\/pididu.com\/wordpress\/bike1988\/files\/2026\/08\/10-26-2014_017-1024x695.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/pididu.com\/wordpress\/bike1988\/files\/2026\/08\/10-26-2014_017-300x204.jpg 300w, http:\/\/pididu.com\/wordpress\/bike1988\/files\/2026\/08\/10-26-2014_017-768x521.jpg 768w, http:\/\/pididu.com\/wordpress\/bike1988\/files\/2026\/08\/10-26-2014_017-1536x1042.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/pididu.com\/wordpress\/bike1988\/files\/2026\/08\/10-26-2014_017-2048x1390.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Headed out of Dillon.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"701\" src=\"http:\/\/pididu.com\/wordpress\/bike1988\/files\/2026\/08\/10-26-2014_018-1024x701.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-331\" srcset=\"http:\/\/pididu.com\/wordpress\/bike1988\/files\/2026\/08\/10-26-2014_018-1024x701.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/pididu.com\/wordpress\/bike1988\/files\/2026\/08\/10-26-2014_018-300x205.jpg 300w, http:\/\/pididu.com\/wordpress\/bike1988\/files\/2026\/08\/10-26-2014_018-768x526.jpg 768w, http:\/\/pididu.com\/wordpress\/bike1988\/files\/2026\/08\/10-26-2014_018-1536x1052.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/pididu.com\/wordpress\/bike1988\/files\/2026\/08\/10-26-2014_018-2048x1402.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Beaverhead Rock.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"699\" src=\"http:\/\/pididu.com\/wordpress\/bike1988\/files\/2026\/08\/10-26-2014_019-1024x699.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-332\" srcset=\"http:\/\/pididu.com\/wordpress\/bike1988\/files\/2026\/08\/10-26-2014_019-1024x699.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/pididu.com\/wordpress\/bike1988\/files\/2026\/08\/10-26-2014_019-300x205.jpg 300w, http:\/\/pididu.com\/wordpress\/bike1988\/files\/2026\/08\/10-26-2014_019-768x524.jpg 768w, http:\/\/pididu.com\/wordpress\/bike1988\/files\/2026\/08\/10-26-2014_019-1536x1048.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/pididu.com\/wordpress\/bike1988\/files\/2026\/08\/10-26-2014_019-2048x1397.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Entering Twin Bridges, MT.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"691\" src=\"http:\/\/pididu.com\/wordpress\/bike1988\/files\/2026\/08\/10-26-2014_020-1024x691.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-333\" srcset=\"http:\/\/pididu.com\/wordpress\/bike1988\/files\/2026\/08\/10-26-2014_020-1024x691.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/pididu.com\/wordpress\/bike1988\/files\/2026\/08\/10-26-2014_020-300x202.jpg 300w, http:\/\/pididu.com\/wordpress\/bike1988\/files\/2026\/08\/10-26-2014_020-768x518.jpg 768w, http:\/\/pididu.com\/wordpress\/bike1988\/files\/2026\/08\/10-26-2014_020-1536x1037.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/pididu.com\/wordpress\/bike1988\/files\/2026\/08\/10-26-2014_020-2048x1382.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">It&#8217;s the Platinum Capital.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"684\" src=\"http:\/\/pididu.com\/wordpress\/bike1988\/files\/2026\/08\/10-26-2014_021-1024x684.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-334\" srcset=\"http:\/\/pididu.com\/wordpress\/bike1988\/files\/2026\/08\/10-26-2014_021-1024x684.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/pididu.com\/wordpress\/bike1988\/files\/2026\/08\/10-26-2014_021-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/pididu.com\/wordpress\/bike1988\/files\/2026\/08\/10-26-2014_021-768x513.jpg 768w, http:\/\/pididu.com\/wordpress\/bike1988\/files\/2026\/08\/10-26-2014_021-1536x1026.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/pididu.com\/wordpress\/bike1988\/files\/2026\/08\/10-26-2014_021-2048x1368.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Mine tailings along the route.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"700\" src=\"http:\/\/pididu.com\/wordpress\/bike1988\/files\/2026\/08\/10-26-2014_022-1024x700.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-335\" srcset=\"http:\/\/pididu.com\/wordpress\/bike1988\/files\/2026\/08\/10-26-2014_022-1024x700.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/pididu.com\/wordpress\/bike1988\/files\/2026\/08\/10-26-2014_022-300x205.jpg 300w, http:\/\/pididu.com\/wordpress\/bike1988\/files\/2026\/08\/10-26-2014_022-768x525.jpg 768w, http:\/\/pididu.com\/wordpress\/bike1988\/files\/2026\/08\/10-26-2014_022-1536x1049.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/pididu.com\/wordpress\/bike1988\/files\/2026\/08\/10-26-2014_022-2048x1399.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The fine for littering is $25.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"702\" src=\"http:\/\/pididu.com\/wordpress\/bike1988\/files\/2026\/08\/10-26-2014_023-1024x702.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-336\" srcset=\"http:\/\/pididu.com\/wordpress\/bike1988\/files\/2026\/08\/10-26-2014_023-1024x702.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/pididu.com\/wordpress\/bike1988\/files\/2026\/08\/10-26-2014_023-300x206.jpg 300w, http:\/\/pididu.com\/wordpress\/bike1988\/files\/2026\/08\/10-26-2014_023-768x527.jpg 768w, http:\/\/pididu.com\/wordpress\/bike1988\/files\/2026\/08\/10-26-2014_023-1536x1053.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/pididu.com\/wordpress\/bike1988\/files\/2026\/08\/10-26-2014_023-2048x1404.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Nevada City was a historic ghost town.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"664\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/pididu.com\/wordpress\/bike1988\/files\/2026\/08\/10-26-2014_024-664x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-337\" srcset=\"http:\/\/pididu.com\/wordpress\/bike1988\/files\/2026\/08\/10-26-2014_024-664x1024.jpg 664w, http:\/\/pididu.com\/wordpress\/bike1988\/files\/2026\/08\/10-26-2014_024-194x300.jpg 194w, http:\/\/pididu.com\/wordpress\/bike1988\/files\/2026\/08\/10-26-2014_024-768x1185.jpg 768w, http:\/\/pididu.com\/wordpress\/bike1988\/files\/2026\/08\/10-26-2014_024-996x1536.jpg 996w, http:\/\/pididu.com\/wordpress\/bike1988\/files\/2026\/08\/10-26-2014_024-1327x2048.jpg 1327w, http:\/\/pididu.com\/wordpress\/bike1988\/files\/2026\/08\/10-26-2014_024-scaled.jpg 1659w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 664px) 100vw, 664px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">There was an arcade in Nevada City with a lot of historical coin-op machines.  As I was enganged to Merrianne at this point, I asked an inportant question for 1\uffe0.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"691\" src=\"http:\/\/pididu.com\/wordpress\/bike1988\/files\/2026\/08\/10-26-2014_025-1024x691.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-338\" srcset=\"http:\/\/pididu.com\/wordpress\/bike1988\/files\/2026\/08\/10-26-2014_025-1024x691.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/pididu.com\/wordpress\/bike1988\/files\/2026\/08\/10-26-2014_025-300x202.jpg 300w, http:\/\/pididu.com\/wordpress\/bike1988\/files\/2026\/08\/10-26-2014_025-768x518.jpg 768w, http:\/\/pididu.com\/wordpress\/bike1988\/files\/2026\/08\/10-26-2014_025-1536x1037.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/pididu.com\/wordpress\/bike1988\/files\/2026\/08\/10-26-2014_025-2048x1382.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>The following day, I made it to Virginia City, Montana. I knew it was a tourist attraction when I saw that film was $6.29 a roll &#8212; twice the reasonable price. Virginia City was a restored wild west town, complete with Vaudeville show. In that wonderful show, I picked up my motto for the trip: &#8220;I can&#8217;t tame wild women, but I can make tame women wild.&#8221; I decided not to stay at the hotel there, which was $28 (expensive for the area), but instead opted for the campground, which was $2.50. The campground was loaded with flies &#8212; small change next to the killer mosquitoes of Wisdom. Crickets were common, too &#8212; they sounded like electric wires arcing.<\/p>\n<cite>the show was fantastic, i wished merrianne could have experienced it with me.  the campground was 0.8 mile up a hill beyond town.  piece of cake.<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"760\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/pididu.com\/wordpress\/bike1988\/files\/2026\/08\/10-26-2014_026-760x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-339\" srcset=\"http:\/\/pididu.com\/wordpress\/bike1988\/files\/2026\/08\/10-26-2014_026-760x1024.jpg 760w, http:\/\/pididu.com\/wordpress\/bike1988\/files\/2026\/08\/10-26-2014_026-223x300.jpg 223w, http:\/\/pididu.com\/wordpress\/bike1988\/files\/2026\/08\/10-26-2014_026-768x1034.jpg 768w, http:\/\/pididu.com\/wordpress\/bike1988\/files\/2026\/08\/10-26-2014_026-1141x1536.jpg 1141w, http:\/\/pididu.com\/wordpress\/bike1988\/files\/2026\/08\/10-26-2014_026-1521x2048.jpg 1521w, http:\/\/pididu.com\/wordpress\/bike1988\/files\/2026\/08\/10-26-2014_026-scaled.jpg 1901w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 760px) 100vw, 760px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The following day, I made it to Virginia City, Montana. I knew it was a tourist attraction when I saw that film was $6.29 a roll &#8212; twice the reasonable price. Virginia City was a restored wild west town, complete with Vaudeville show. In that wonderful show, I picked up my motto for the trip: &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/pididu.com\/wordpress\/bike1988\/virginia-city-mt\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Virginia City, MT<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/pididu.com\/wordpress\/bike1988\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/329"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/pididu.com\/wordpress\/bike1988\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/pididu.com\/wordpress\/bike1988\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/pididu.com\/wordpress\/bike1988\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/pididu.com\/wordpress\/bike1988\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=329"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/pididu.com\/wordpress\/bike1988\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/329\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":340,"href":"http:\/\/pididu.com\/wordpress\/bike1988\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/329\/revisions\/340"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/pididu.com\/wordpress\/bike1988\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=329"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/pididu.com\/wordpress\/bike1988\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=329"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/pididu.com\/wordpress\/bike1988\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=329"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}