All I can say is that it is a good thing that we are still young and energetic because we did so much stuff today we should be dead . . . at least dead tired.
We started out by driving northwest of Denver about 40 miles to Silver Plume, one of the old silver mining camps. At one time there was a narrow gauge railroad that traveled 50 miles back to Denver to deliver the silver ore from the mine. (I know, we traveled 40 to get there but the train took fifty - actually, 54 miles to haul the ore. That's progress.
Today a section that travels about seven miles to Georgetown Lake
(which is only about 2-3 miles by the freeway) has been preserved. And
it doubles back on itself and actually travels underneath itself at one
point in order to change elevation in steep areas.
At this point it crosses over the gorge, circles down and actually travels underneath where the train is here.
In the middle of the train ride we stopped to take the tour of the Lebanon silver mine. It was very interesting as well as a lot of fun. I kind of like this touristy stuff.
Our tour guide, Faye, recommended if we had time to head about 7 miles further west to the Loveland Pass which is at the continental divide. It is quite different from when we pass the continental divide along I-40 in New MExico and very cold. Glad I brought a jacket.
Then it was off to Beau Jo's Pizza in Idaho Spings on our way back to Denver. It was another recommended place to eat and it was outstanding pizza.
Back in Denver we went to the Denver library which was a really cool place with several floors, and a robotic book return system as well as some fun architecture.
Across the street from the library is the museum and several fun art pieces, like this indescribably piece that could be Mother and Child . . . or Master and Slave . . . or Big and Little-er.
And above the restaurant on the third corne, on the top of the building is this huge sculpture of an Indian sneaking up on a cowboy in his wagon. There are arrows flying through his hat and bullets piercing the feather that is sticking up in the air. This one made me laugh. Can I get one for the house?
Gaye was intrigued with this one where the pieces of paper in the dust pan are about half the size of an adult. It was cool.
After so much fun we found this ice cream store off in a neighborhood called LIKS. It used to be named Lickety Splits. They had some trivia question every day that if you could answer it you got a free scoop of ice cream - like, "How many bats does the National Baseball League purchase every year?" The answer was 4800. We sat outside in the shade of a tree or an umbrella to (quickly) Lik our streaming cones before we got to wear the contents. It was yummy!
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