I told you the other day that we were on top of a bluff...and we truly are. They say on a clear day you can see over 100 miles. It wasn't that clear while we were here but it was still a pretty sight.
From our RV you can see the very famous cemetery. I'm not sure why it's so famous but many tour buses stop here each day and scads of people walk through the cemetery. We didn't go over there but here you can see it from our RV.
Mike took me on a 10 minute driving tour of downtown. Yup, we could drive through town and back in just 10 minutes. It's not a very large town but I must say it is the most "old western town" that I've ever seen. It really did feel as though we stepped back into the late 1880's. There were old saloons, an old theater, a jail, old shops (selling old time stuff), etc. The sidewalks were very old crickety boards that were extremely uneven. They had old music playing all down the streets. It really reminded me of an old restaurant that my parents took us to (many times upon our request) called "Steve's Gay 90's." What memories!
Anyway, we only walked for about five minutes and went inside one store. It was a really fun store. It was a unique store. I'd really love to go back when I'm feeling better....here's why. They had almost every brand of Root Beer available in the world. I've never seen so many brands of Root Beer and that's the only kind of pop I like. If I'd have had more energy I'd have bought a couple bottles of each brand....but I didn't buy any at all. It would be so fun to get two bottle of each one and then Dad and I could each have a bottle and compare all the brands.
They had rooms and rooms full of barrels of candy. I'm pretty sure I've never seen so mauch candy in one place.
They had a few rooms that were full of signs from floor to ceiling. Most of the signs were pretty funny.
We thought this one had to have been made with Slugger in mind.
I guess back in the day, this was one of the top three most populous cities west of the Mississippi as it was a huge mining town. Back in the late 1800's the population was over 40,000 people! That was a lot of people for way back then. Now it only has about 3-4% of that many people.
I hope that someday we get to come back when I can experience this area more as it's a very unique and interesting place.
Debbie
5/1/08
