Thursday, September 25, 2014

Golden Aspens

Today’s drive took us through some of the most breathtakingly beautiful Aspen groves.  Boreas Pass and Weston Pass were both easy roads that almost anyone could drive.  In the 1860’s Boreas Pass was a wagon road that handled up to 225 wagons or stagecoaches a day between Breckenridge and Como. Weston Pass was a toll road that also handled hundreds of wagons a day between FairPlay and Leadville.  It was reported that over $1.5 million was collected in toll fees in a year.  In the early 1880’s the old Denver South Park and Pacific Railroad built a narrow gauge rail system on these roads to carry all the gold, silver and other ores coming out of these mountains. 

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After a fast walk through Leadville we headed back to the RV and still had time to take a quick 10 mile bike ride up to Breckenridge. A short afternoon shower caught us on the way back, but we didn’t get too wet.

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