Victor, Co

​June 19, 2022

I like supporting the local economy. And decided to get my breakfast from the food truck where I got my dinner last night. I don’t often take out food as I cook my own, but I was planning a busy day so this was going to make it easy. I drove off to the town of Victor, Colorado and easily found parking, strolling through the gem show. Of course “no teeth,” JoJo, kept everyone entertained and one man wanted to feed him dog biscuits as I told him they needed to be broken up and to tiny little pieces. Well, this man laughed, and just like that slipped his front dentures out showing me that he too doesn’t have teeth. I have to say it was pretty funny and shocking at the same time. Those dog biscuits are tough trying to break them up into small pieces using your fingers. The same man laughed and said, “well, what the heck, I have a table full of rocks!,” as he picked up a really pretty pink quartz and smashed the dog biscuit. The morning was quite entertaining with events such as this. Part of the show went around the corner with an unexpected goth theme art show selling fake skulls, bones, potions, spikes, and witch brews. Hmmm, that was certainly not something I would expect in a very rural mountain town. Everyone was quite nice.


I found a bakery with cheesecake and a German style cake that was top notch, and so delicious. I went on to a general store where the owner and her husband create brooms, offset printing making cards, posters, and beeswax candles. With a sweet kitty, Milo. I love supporting local people if I can, so I did purchase several items, including an old fashion straw broom for my RV.

I was unclear again where I would spend the night so I started heading out of town, but came across the Mollie Kathleen Goldmine tour. And decided to take the tour. The weather‘s been chilly, so Jo Jo was fine in the RV for the hour long tour. Our tour guide was super enthusiastic and was able to operate several of the pieces of equipment that were used in mining the gold. As well as the history of hand held tools to motorized ones from burros hauling wagons to pressurized tanks to do that. It was quite interesting and we were down 1000 feet underground. We even got to take a few samples of the gold ore with us. I headed out to Mueller State Park with a little bit of a hassle, but was able to find an overnight spot. Boy this elevation is even higher yet, at over 9700 feet. I’m definitely feeling the lightheaded affect. 



































































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