Up On Cripple Creek…
Hey friends! I hope you’re enjoying this lovely Fall weather. It’s my favorite time of year. Here’s a tune to theme up this blog drop: https://youtu.be/EisXJSsULGM?si=ib6AQtOKKDNq0fOj I took a road trip to Cripple Creek, a small mountain casino town known for its gold mining! Alll Aboard! I rode a marvelous coal powered train ride around town and learned some interesting history. For example, everyone wants to talk about San Francisco and the gold rush in California. But, Cripple Creek, Colorado yielded way more gold than any part of California dreamed of. There is one corporation who has been mining gold since the 90s; however to date m, this corporation still has not yielded the gold found in Cripple Creek during the Gold Rush of the 1800s! I keep hearing about the ice castles in Cripple Creek during the winter time, but I really wanted to see Rita! Nestled right next door to Cripple Creek in Viktor, Colorado, you’ll find “Rita the Rock Plant...