Relatively light day driving today from Salida to Twin Lakes and Leadville.
Started this morning driving back in to Salida and having coffee and breakfast at the Cafe Dawn. It was here last year that I hatched the idea of a Colorado road trip.
On the way to Leadville, I stopped at the old historic town of Buena Vista.
Leadville is the highest incorporated town in North America at over 12,000 feet. I ate at the Silver Dollar Saloon.
No less than Doc Holiday ate here and played cards.
On the way back down to Twin Lakes, I stopped to shoot a photo of Mt. Elbert--the highest mountain in the Rocky Mountain chain at over 14,000 feet. Devin and I climbed it in 2012. It had started raining
At Twin Lakes, I checked into the inn. Devin and I have stayed there several times as has Alida. It has been called the Inn of the Black Wolf, the Nordic Inn, and now Twin Lakes Inn. It is an old 1800s stagecoach inn and bordello.
From the bordello days, they have given plaques to each room. I stayed in "Cora's Room."
Twin Lakes is a small village on the way to Aspen. To get people to slow down driving through, they put a Sheriff's car with a dummy on the side of the road. When word got out that it was a trick, it became a tourist attraction in itself with people stopping to get a photo in front of the car giving the officer the finger. One of the taillights had been stolen.
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Started this morning driving back in to Salida and having coffee and breakfast at the Cafe Dawn. It was here last year that I hatched the idea of a Colorado road trip.
On the way to Leadville, I stopped at the old historic town of Buena Vista.
Leadville is the highest incorporated town in North America at over 12,000 feet. I ate at the Silver Dollar Saloon.
No less than Doc Holiday ate here and played cards.
On the way back down to Twin Lakes, I stopped to shoot a photo of Mt. Elbert--the highest mountain in the Rocky Mountain chain at over 14,000 feet. Devin and I climbed it in 2012. It had started raining
From the bordello days, they have given plaques to each room. I stayed in "Cora's Room."
Twin Lakes is a small village on the way to Aspen. To get people to slow down driving through, they put a Sheriff's car with a dummy on the side of the road. When word got out that it was a trick, it became a tourist attraction in itself with people stopping to get a photo in front of the car giving the officer the finger. One of the taillights had been stolen.
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Sounds and looks like you are having a blast. Enjoy your trip and be safe.
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