On Saturday May 1st we (Holly, Rodney, Peter, and Roger) went for an excursion into the mountains west of Denver, while Nancy and Julie went to the Denver National Quilt Show.
We drove to Golden Colorado where we dropped off some books at the Colorado Railroad Museum. We then drove west up a canyon road for about 20 miles to Central City. Central City is an old mining town. Many of the historic old buildings are used as casinos. After exploring Central City for a while, we drove over to Idaho Springs.
Little did we realize that the road our GPS directed us over turns out to be the “Oh My God Road”. It was an incredible drive, with wonderful scenery and a scattering of old closed mines. But it was not for the faint of heart. Most of the route was unpaved and without guard rails. The road is supposed to be wide enough for two cars, but normally one will try to stop at a wide spot to let the on coming traffic pass. For much of the route we were on the side of a mountain, with the downhill side falling off 500 to 1000 feet. At one point we noticed that a section of the road was in fact held up by large logs, at which point Rodney issued those famous lines… I am sure glad they didn’t use anything that would rot away…
You will not fully appreciate the drop offs from this video, but it does give a good feel of the road. I would suggest you view it with the sound off.
At Idaho Springs we had buffalo burgers and well deserved micro beer.
We then descended into Denver where Holly and Rod toured the baseball stadium and Peter and I toured the 16th street mall.
We met Julie, Jack, and Nancy and went to La Loma, an excellent Mexican Restaurant recommended by Julie’s friend, Tomasita. We gathered at the Holiday Inn Express for a relaxing dip in the pool and then watched Jay Leno “talk” politics at the Correspondent’s dinner on CNN.
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