Black Hawk-June 27, 2018

We were very fortunate to get a day away yesterday. We headed to the mountains, to Black Hawk. The traffic was a nightmare. Three times we had to come to a dead stop for no reason other than there are too many vehicles for the size of the road. No accidents. Nothing. Just gridlock. That made for a long time on the road but we had a great time while we were there. The weather in the mountains was perfect.

The sky was unusually blue. Very pretty.

 

Clear Creek was clear and running fast.

 

Nobody works anymore. They just go whitewater rafting.

There we so many people rafting it was rather surprising.

 

Construction of the 23 story Monarch hotel continues.

They have only completed 6 stories so they have a long

way to go. Claims are it will open by 2019. We don't think so.

 

Last but not least, the Colorado State Flower, the Columbine.

These were growing outside the Monarch casino/future hotel.

I have never seen yellow ones. They are usually blue/purple hues

and some are white. This yellow was very pretty and it seemed

so happy!

 

We had such a good time that we would go back tomorrow but the traffic keeps us from making that trip.