Staycation Destination: Troy

Doing a little fishing at Spring Valley Reservoir near Troy.

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Story Published: May 31, 2009 at 11:56 AM PDT

Story Updated: Jun 1, 2009 at 9:25 PM PDT

By Stephanie Smith

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TROY - It's gone by several names, Huff's Gulch, Vollmer and most notably Troy.

The old logging town, just 15 minutes outside of Moscow, is surrounded by trees and filled with charm and friendly people.

"The best part of Troy is definitely the people, the small town atmosphere, it's an amazing place to grow up," said Beth Bailey.

"What's nice is that you can wave and people will wave back," said Tim Bickford, who owns Troy's newest hot spot called the Filling Station. The sandwich, smoothie and coffee shop caters to bicyclists riding the trail from Moscow.

"The bike trail links us to the big city," said Bickford. "They come in here and we have a lot of people coming from Pullman, riding their bikes from Pullman. It's a nice bike trail."

And Bickford has plans to get more bike riders to visit Troy. He wants to build a bridge over the creek so riders will stop in downtown and he hopes to build a site where people can stay the night.

"That strip of land over there, there is nothing there, so eventually when that bridge gets in, it's in the talking stages. We'd like to put in some camp spots and some RV hookups over there so people have a place to stay," said Bickford.

Downtown Troy is growing with a new nursery and art gallery. But what's great about Troy is the natural experience.

About three miles up the road is tranquil Spring Valley Reservoir.

"I've spent lots of summer days out there and it's a gorgeous place, a great place for fishing, tooling around in the boat, kids swimming and playing around, lots of hiking -it's a great place to be," said Bailey.

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