| I think I took this picture for that rock formation in the distance. |
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| The C.C.F.D. stands for Cripple Creek
Fire Department, but it does not look like it is a fire station
anymore. Elevation at Cripple Creek is 9,494 ft. |
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| Sometimes it is not a ghost town to see
but just a small former (or current) mining town with old buildings
like this, the Teller County Court House. Actually, the building
might not be too old. A lot of the old buildings along the main street are mostly casinos now and there was a distinct smell of weed. |
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| This one, the P & B Building is 19th century though. |
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| Up on Cripple Creek, she sends me If I spring a leak, she mends me I don't have to speak, she defends me A drunkard's dream if I ever did see one |
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| You may know from earlier trip photos that I like old ghost signs on the sides of buildings. |
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| A fair amount of clouds. That was not that common on my trip. |
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| There's gold in them thar hills. That is Newmont's Cripple Creek and Victor Gold Mine. |
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| But back before the current corporate mine there was the Mary McKinney Mine. I doubt they use old head frames like this anymore. |
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| Welcome to Victor. |
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| For some reason it was here that I first started to feel the effects of the high elevation. Victor is at 9,708 feet. |
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| They were just winding down a street festival or something. People were starting to pack up their tents and stuff. |
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| More mining stuff on the edge of town. |
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| The old City Hall and Fire Station from 1899. |
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| Another one of those mine thingies. |
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| Back up to Colorado Spring for the night. |
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| A nice modern room but the selection of channels on the television was terrible. |
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| Dinner at Fuzzy's Taco Shop, which is a chain that kind of reminded me of a Zaxby's. I got a couple of enchiladas and a big ol' root beer. |
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