We crossed the Continental Divide at Independence Pass, Colorado at 12,095 feet on Monday, Aug. 19.

We wound our way to Canon City, Colorado for a week-long fun-filled adventure with our friends in the Vintage Chevrolet Club of America.  There are about 18 Chevys here ranging in age from 1926 to 1954 exploring the area & enjoying the sites.  Tuesday, August 20, we drove about 60 some odd miles to Cripple Creek where we enjoyed riding a train seeing the many remnants of mining digs from years gone by where the early miners searched for gold.  We later went to Victor where we got on a bus to ride down 1,000 feet into a modern open pit mine and see the huge trucks hauling out ore that they processed for gold.

We got to wear these cute protective helmets & safety glasses for the mine tour.

That's us on the top of the curved steps.  We had a great day of exploring .
Wednesday was our day to ride the Royal Gorge Train where we enjoyed a most scrumptious dinner and saw the deep canyon along side the Arkansas River.

Phil asked the conductor what he was going to spell on our tickets, (like in the Polar Express) and he punched out a frowny face because he said we were too old to get 'believe'.  We all got a chuckle when he did that.

We lined up all the cars by the train for a group picture after our ride.  This shows the train we rode on.

Later we took a drive through the neighborhood and saw this buck right on somebody's lawn.

So we're having a great time here in Canon City.