Blogs from Colorado, United States, North America - page 166

Creede Elevation 8,862; Mineral County Population ~ 900 We arrived in Creede June 1st to clear blue skies, with chilly daytime temperatures and overnight freezing. Since much of the country was sweltering or being flooded, we didn’t complain too much. The weather did warm up nicely during the month. Creede is an old silver mining town whose heyday was the late 1800’s. Quite a few colorful Western characters spent time here over the years. Silver was mined until the mid 1970’s, and a mining company plans new exploration this year. Evidence of old abandoned silver mines remain in the hills around town, and a popular driving tour has mileposts marking historical mining locations. There is not even one traffic light in town, and the pace of life is relaxed and definitely Western! Creede has a very ... read more

Hi I'm going to Greece on Saturday and figured I'd ressurect this blog for the upcoming adventures If you don't want to be on this list there must be an option to be taken off or tell me whichever is less awkward more to come lil... read more

Well the travel blog is set up and this is the first entry. T-minus ten days until I leave the country and I wouldn't say I am too nervous or apprehensive... yet. I washed all of the clothes I own over the weekend, and packed up my new backpack a bit. Still more shopping to do, loose ends to tie up, but right now I am just trying to make it to work every day and look busy for one more week... ok i guess I am a little nervous and excited.... read more

Andrew: So, this is our visit in the Cave of the Winds. We were pretty excited to be inside the cave, and had we not had to wait so long to get in it would have been a nice way to cool off after our hike. The tour we had decided to take was the "Lantern Tour" where, instead of walking through an electrically lit cave, you walk through a completely un-lit cave guided only by a bucket which held a kerosene lantern. We were warned that the smallest passage in the cave was about 2.5-3 ft tall and about the same in width. That small passageway extended for about 40 feet. However, there was a second passageway about 3.5 feet tall (and just as wide as the first) that was about 140 feet long (that's ... read more

Andrew: Tuesday started off pretty well; we were in a new place, staying (comfortably) with friends, and we were starting to think about what our next moves were going to be. After sleeping in and waking up late, Sarah took us through town to find the grocery store so we could buy more food before we left. We ended up just buying some chili (a good purchase, unlike the refried beans from earlier) and some more chocolate chip granola bars. On the way back from the store, Sarah got a call from a friend of hers asking if we wanted to go to a concert that night at Red Rocks auditorium. Ryan and I weren't terribly enthused, since we didn't want to pay that kind of money, but Sarah quickly clarified that we would listen from ... read more