I went on a family vacation to Wallace, Idaho. My dad is looking to start a niche train museum to complement the existing train museum there.
We got a tour of some properties from Rob Crump. He’s a super chill guy who knows a lot, has a lot of experience, and connections. He’s the #1 guy in the Silver Valley for buying properties.
Wallace is the self-proclaimed center of the universe. There’s a manhole cover in the street which marks the exact point, and I got a rare vantagepoint of that manhole cover from the second story of a property that is usually closed to the public— the vacant Wallace Printing Company building.
The Silver Valley offers free public transit from Kingston to Mullan, with 6 stops in Wallace. I want to take this bus at some point, because it seems like it would be a good option for me to travel between Kellogg and Wallace.
I don’t know anything about what happens here, but the stone signs of the Civic Center Building caught my eye.
Arment 1911.. that’s the same year a legendary gun “arm” was made! I don’t know anything about this building, but I had to record that coincidence.
I heard that this Lucky Lanes is a private bowling alley. Just beyond it, a crew was working on the exterior of a building. It was nice to see the buildings being cared for. A reminder that this town is growing rather than decaying.
One night, I couldn’t really sleep, so I found myself recording silly videos and doodling on these DIY cards that I made the other day with my niece.
Apparently there’s a skatepark in Wallace, but it’s poorly designed and the locals are preferring to build an alternative in the nearby town of Osburn. The local skate shop had a booth at the Saturday street market, where I bought this sick beanie. The profits they receive from sales is going to fund the skatepark. I’ll have to visit that someday!
I really enjoyed my time in Wallace, Idaho. There’s an arcade and a game store that I didn’t get any footage of, but the passion that the owners have for their stores is drawing me back.
This is a town I would like to live in, and explore my own small business ideas. Compared to where I live in the Spokane area, rent is really inexpensive in Wallace, and having that lower price of entry really has given me a new sense of what is possible, and ignited my imagination.
Wallace is a small town with access to 70 miles of great cycling trails that I wasn’t able to check out this time, but I hope to return again soon and explore more.
And guess what? We got our first 1v1 on my Travel64! Not really a fair competition since it was my aunt’s first time playing Mario Kart, but I’m considering this progress towards my goal of making new memories with an old console.
Thanks for watching, see you next time.