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...with a hole in the middle is the riddle. That is of course a chimney. This is a capture I noticed after I shot the wagon wheel at the Gold Hill Inn. The chimney at the Inn was undoubtedly not built from Chinese materials nor by licensed craftsmen, grin. I bet that they didn't have to freight that materials all that far. Gold Hill today is, in all actuality, a pretty popular spot what with the Lodge (posted) and events, dinners and concerts at the Inn of some repute. This open area is from the outdoors venue. Outdoor concerts are held at the Charles Sawtell venue outdoors. Charlie Swatell was popular in Boulder, Gold Hill and even the Boulder radio station, KGNU. That is an unbelievably ECLECTIC station that can be accessed on the web. I once heard a fellow in Japan make a pledge. Often, the local talent comes into the studio and plays live on the air.
A "lode" of opportunities exist up and down Main but I have limited time until the next round of rain. I expect the historical designation is responsible for most of the ambiance. Gold Hill is a remnant of the oldest Colorado mining days. To say Gold Hill tops a mountain ridge is accurate with the road east and west rise while Lickskillet, north, and Gold Run, south to Boulder, drop off the sides of the ridge. If I remember correctly, the Horsfall lode was perhaps the earliest strike in Gold Hill and was responsible for the earliest development. As Wiki puts it: Gold Hill is accessible from nearby Left Hand Canyon Road via Lick Skillet Road, the steepest county road in the United States. It IS safe in first gear IF you have good brakes. The NiWots were father and son Arapaho Indians. Phil [www.flickr.com/photos/boondocks/with/5371371329/] and I investigated what we thought was Gold Hill a few years back but it seems that we barely manage the project.
Gold Hill has lasted for decades through the original gold boom, the second gold boom, the silver boom and its 1893 demonetization and finally the return to reliance on gold mining and processing. It has never completely died and is not accurately, a ghost town. It's history of transportation was a bit tortured considering one route was Lickskillet. I assume most transportation was to and from the Gold Hill Railway Station when the Switzerland Trail rails were laid west on its way to Ward. The steep sides of the canyon originally meant the road up from Boulder had to ascent the canyon. Old Gold Hill still lives on in this century-old mining camp. The narrow gauge route was never built from old Hill Station (see the map). It continued to cling to the foothills above Boulder.
Sprite 35-II Camera
Reusable Plastic Film Camera
Optical Lens: 31mm, F=9 , 1 element
Focusing: Focus Free, 1m – ∞
Shutter Speed: Shutter 1 / 120s
Flash: Built-in Flash Push Switch – 15s recycle time View Finder: Field = 70%
Kodak Portra 800
On day four of my train journey across Canada by VIA rail. October 2018. We are seeing lots of snow now.
The window are not very clean so the photos are not that good. Also the train was speeding along at times and really bumpy. I have put all the photos I took on my journey on Flickr as a record of my trip.
The 17th National Scout Jamboree took place July 16-August 4. My brother attended and my family visited him, like they did me five years ago. While we are part of NCAC, we traded a set of our patches for the Pike's Peak Council's Stargate patches. (Both council's sets were apparently pretty hot items.) I then traded for Atlantis and bought Destiny, a patch only available to Eagle scouts in their council (I got lucky), and so there were about only a hundred floating around amongst the 45,000 scouts and scouters.
The four Pike's Peak Council campsites also had Stargates as their gateways, such as this.
I was also able to score a Star Trek patch and Indiana Jones patch.
CP SQUARE #1:
I took a two day class in crazy patch embroidery August3, 2007 and have been addicted to this hobby ever since. Then I ran out of silk ribbon so ordered more from an ebay seller in Australia. I waited for the order for ages! Finally the package arrived with duplicate order as seller's computer had broken down. I still have LOTS of SRE to do, but realized my very first patch at CP is quite busy, my selecting too many pritned fabrics...oh well next project. I also made these squares too large. My next CP project HAS to be smaller.
Come to the Pumpkin Patch at Seminole Heights United Methodist Church down on the corner of Central & Hanna in Seminole Heights. The Patch will be open 12-8 p.m. Sunday through Friday, and 9 a.m. – 8 p.m. Saturdays until Halloween.
The Bluebells are out - from an enjoyable wander around the woods at Patching with the South East Gang