Above is Cripple Creek, an old gold mining town from the 1800s. It is now a tourist and casino town and very busy.Below & left is Victor, a very small & sleepy old town we really enjoyed.
Today we made a trip to Victor & Cripple Creek. After getting in the area we took a 25 mile ride on a narrow dirt road (Phantom Canyon road) through the mountains to Victor. The road reminded us of the Apache Trail in Arizona. Up the side of the mountains climbing 3500 feet and the temp dropping from 84 to 52 degrees. When we passed the few other vehicles one of us had to find a location to get over so we could pass. 6 or 7 miles up the truck all of a sudden started to make a loud screeching metal on metal sound, cripes, what a place to have a problem! After a short inspection I figured a rock was stuck someplace it should not be, backed up and pulled forward again and the noise was gone! Pweh! When we arrived in Victor, an old gold mining town from the late 1800s, we found a nice old 2 story museum with wood floors where we spent and hour or two. Lowell Thomas & Jack Dempsey were from Victor, one room was devoted to Lowell but we found nothing on Jack.
