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Summertime Around the Streets of Aspen Colorado

August 29, 2009 By 2 Comments

Aspen Col­orado started out as a sil­ver min­ing town in 1879.  Today Aspen is the ski town of the rich and famous in the win­ter. But , in the sum­mer, the rest of us can enjoy the beauty of the areas in and around Aspen.  There’s camp­ing and rea­son­able priced lodg­ing at the many ski con­dos around Aspen and Snow­mass Vil­lage.  The pho­tos in this  gallery were shot around the back streets of Aspen with beau­ti­ful Vic­to­rian homes, cot­tages and gar­dens. So, don’t miss Aspen in the summer.

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back streets of Aspen Colorado

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Marble Colorado — Home of the Lincoln Memorial

August 26, 2009 By Leave a Comment

Mar­ble Col­orado is cer­tainly off the beaten track. Mar­ble from this quarry went to build the Lin­coln Memo­r­ial and the Tomb of the Unknown Sol­dier.  That alone is worth the trip.  Just think about the jour­ney from the quarry to Wash­ing­ton, DC that all this mar­ble made to be part of his­tory and to be viewed by mil­lions upon mil­lions of peo­ple from all over the world. The hills of Mar­ble had the world’s largest mar­ble deposit and as the mill thrived, so did the town.  The demand for mar­ble fell dur­ing WWI and the pop­u­la­tion dwin­dled to about 50 res­i­dents. Below you can View the ruins of the mar­ble fin­ish­ing mill along with the Hays Water­fall and the town of Red­stone Col­orado close by.

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Marble and Redstone Colorado

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Vintage Car Club of Castle Rock Colorado — Car Show

August 24, 2009 By Leave a Comment

The Vin­tage Car Club of Cas­tle Rock Col­orado had a car show at the Vil­lage At Cas­tle Pines last Sat­ur­day Aug 22,2009 in Cas­tle Rock Col­orado. The show fea­tured Clas­sic Cars, Hot Rods and Mus­cle Cars. Talk­ing To the own­ers of these cars you can see the hard work and pas­sion that went into the restora­tion. Pho­tograph­ing  these beau­ti­ful cars was a big thrill for me. As you can see in the slideshow below these car have  incred­i­ble col­ors,  fin­ishes and glimpse of the great his­tory of the auto­mo­bile. Thanks to all the car own­ers and the peo­ple that put this event together.

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Vintage Car Club of Castle Rock Colorado Car Show

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Creede Colorado: The Underground Fire Station and The Last Chance Mine

August 20, 2009 By 2 Comments

Creede Col­orado is a small, old min­ing town in the San Juan Moun­tains. Its part of the Sil­ver Thread Scenic Byway on Col­orado State Hwy 149 along with Lake City to the north. The fas­ci­nat­ing Under­ground Fire Sta­tion is located at the end of town and is open to the pub­lic. The Last Chance Mine along with other old mines are on the self guided Bach­e­lor Loop road. The Last Chance Mine is open to the Pub­lic on week­ends. Jack Mor­ris the owner will greet you and tel you the his­tory and sto­ries of the old mine. The pho­tographs in this gallery were shot at the old mines on  Bach­e­lor Loop road, The Under­ground Fire Sta­tion, Down­town Creede and the North Clear Creek Falls, just north of Creede on Col­orado State Hwy 149.  So, do your research and visit Creede. There’s lots to see and do.

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Creede Colorado, The underground Fire station and The Last Chance Mine

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Lake City Colorado with Area Ghost Towns & Silver Mines

August 16, 2009 By 3 Comments

 

Lake City is one the most remote old sil­ver min­ing towns in Col­orado.  Min­ing started around Lake City in the mid 1870s. Today, Lake City is a great place for fish­ing, hik­ing , off road­ing  in the  sum­mer and snow­mo­bil­ing in the win­ter. Area attrac­tions include Lake San Cristo­bal, Engi­neer and Cin­na­mon Passes which are both part of the alpine Loop 4 wheel drive route.  Some of the sights along this route worth tak­ing in are places such as  Cap­i­tal City, Whit­more Falls,  Empire Chief Mine,  Engi­neer City, Sher­man town site along with  many oth­ers. Pho­tograph­ing the scenery is in this area is absolutely incredible.

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Lake City and the areas Ghost towns & Mines

 

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