Bike trips

A Dairy Queen has opened in our town. :) and it's on the bike path. Took a ride the other day and stopped in for a Banana Creame Pie Blizzard. Oh Yea, it's sinful. But hey, we split it and we worked it off! Highly recommend you try one of these. Mmm Yum!

Ghost towns II

Anyway, back to ghost towns that really are. Nevadaville is about 2 miles from Central City...and Apex is about 6 miles back in the trees. Both are private property so exploring isn't really an option. It would be neat to own one of the buildings and restore it. Looks like some people are doing just that in some of these old

towns...

Ghost towns

Cemeteries... and the towns that go with them. Central city is town that is still very much alive.. Casinos keep it's heart beating today. There is plenty of old buildings/history still there to see. Nearby Nevadaville has not been so lucky. There are just a few homes left and some of the old stores. It looks like the town is for sale if anyone wants to buy it! Though I read some where that the town of Central City cut off its' water supply and that's why the town didn't make it. Killing off the competition. They are only about 2 miles apart. I Guess Central is luck Black Hawk hasn't done something like this yet. Or maybe they have... Black Hawk has the bigger and newer casinos .. only 1 mile down the road. .. lol, sounds like sibling rivalry.

Old cemetaries

Another hobby of mine... cemetaries of old....

on one of our trips we have discovered the Central City Cemetary...

More on owls...

This may be the last posting of my baby owls for a while. They are getting bigger... and so are the leaves on the tree they are in. It's getting hard to find them now. This picture is about two weeks ago. I've been over since, but can't get a clear picture angle in the leaves. have to wait till the start flying!

Baby owls

The little fluff balls are still there. Survived the wind/thunder storms we had earlier this week.

Weekend Hiking trip

a hiking we will go... a hiking we will go...

I had a beautifully sunny and warm weekend. went hiking at a near by trail system. Nothing grand about this area but it's nice to be out in the sun again!