Tag Archives: Victor

The Golden Loop

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Colorado Aspen Foliage, Near Peak Color

We had to move our rig yesterday morning, a 40′ rig was due in today.  It’s a bit of a hassle disconnecting and reconnecting, but we had no choice.   We found that the sewer line in #14 The Woodland RV Park is UPHILL from the pad.  We chose not to connect the sewer.

We pulled in beside John and Ronna, who we had met at Diamond RV park a few days earlier. They’re visiting their family, children and grandchildren.  John saw me kneeling on the gravel, grabbed a mat and offered it to me.  I don’t know why I didn’t get one earlier.   We’ll visit Home Depot on our way through Colorado Springs.DSC03567

152 Acres for Sale

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Bro’ and Sis

That morning Rich drove us on a loop around the Cripple Creek gold mines.  The open pit mine is huge.  RIch  had worked at the mine for about 20 years and knew all about the  mining process.  He had not been through that area in a while and remarked on how much it had changed.  I’d guess you’d find Rich at his claims or walking local hills prospecting and not driving around the mines.  We drove past 152 acres with two houses on the property that was for sale.

We met with Shelly, Scruff’s widow on our way back “home”.  It was a good if brief visit.  Scuffy is one of Ellen’s brothers who passed away in May 2013.  Vincent Thomas Fretterd was known as Scruff to his friends.

At “home” we ate and vegged out watching Law and Order.  John and Ronna had their family over for dinner.  We thought we’d drop over after the excitement died down.  Around 9:45 we visited with them and had a wide ranging conversation over a few drinks.  We didn’t realize how late it was until we got back home at 1:07 AM.

I’ll go into detail about Victor, Cripple Creek, and some of Rich’s, John’s, and Ronna’s stories later this evening.  We’re setting up to move on out of Woodland Park.

Ron