Anniversary trip-August 9, 2017

For our anniversary we chose to spend three days in Black Hawk/Central City, Colorado. Those are the only two towns in the entire state that have casinos. Black Hawk, elevation 8537 feet has 118 residents. Central City, right next door, sits at 8510 feet in elevation and has 733 residents. Many people who work in Black Hawk actually live in Central City. It is almost impossible to tell when you have driven from one city to another. But the personalities of the two are as different as daylight and dark.

 

I love this sculpture. It is gigantic and quite majestic. For a reason I cannot explain I always say, "I need to go see the eagle". Obviously from the name alone this is not an eagle. It is a hawk. Either way it is very nice.

The Monarch has a display of live orchids that

they change quite frequently. I always go look at the 

orchids even if we don't eat there. I enjoyed this mixture of colors.

The Isle has just completed a remodel of their buffet area.

Look closely. This "chandelier", funny though it be, is actually quite

clever. It is made with rolling pins. I love creativity.

 

Central City has not allowed changing of the old buildings. Years have taken their toll and most of the city is in bad need of refreshing and repainting.

 

I do believe this building was a jewelry store when we were in

Central City last. That was over 30 years ago but I have reasons for

remembering this store. It is now for sale and the windows have

things in them to keep the building from being an empty eye sore.

Sad.

 

It was misty rain or light rain the whole time we were there until the morning we left. The temps were in the mid 50s. After the heat we have had on the plains we were so happy to be in the cooler rainy weather that we actually sat on a bench outside and breathed the clean air. It was wonderful. We had a really good time and it was nice to get away for our anniversary.