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Today is SkyWatch Friday. Be sure to click HERE to discover how vast and different the skies we all look at vary from all over the globe. You will be glad you did.This week I would like to show you one of my favorite places in the whole world. That place would be none other than Cripple Creek, Colorado. This is an old mining town, that boomed during the Gold Rush. Today, it houses small casinos in all the old buildings. These pictures were taken on an afternoon when a storm was brewing over the mountains.
View of Bennett Avenue, the main Street that runs through the town.
Palace Hotel Neon sign taken at dusk.
One of the Casino signs, this was taken right before it started to rain.
Cripple Creek is a charming little town. We love to visit here. You never know what the weather will do on any given moment. We have driven there in sunny weather and leave in the snow, all in a matter of hours.Hope you enjoyed a peak at one of my favorite places. Enjoy all the SkyWatch post today, and I hope to see you back on Sunday.
Hello!!!!!!!!!!! They skies!! I love looking up and imagining what the sky looks like in a different part of the world right at that moment. Love the pics!
ReplyDeleteVery nice skies. I especially love them in the last photo!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful skies and Cripple Creek looks like a charming town.
ReplyDeleteLove those pictures. What a unique place. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteI like the old mining town!
ReplyDeleteHappy Sky Watch!
Nice series- very quaint. Lovely.
ReplyDeletewhat pretty shots, especially the last one. I'd love to visit there some time! Happy SWF. :)
ReplyDeleteWonderful series .. I have heard of but never visited Cripple Creek! The first photo was my favourite ... drew me right into the street and through the town!
ReplyDeleteThe skies and the town are both inviting. I've heard about CC but never seen any photos of it - love the architecture. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteYour skywatch Friday is interesting on Thursday night. lol
ReplyDeleteI like that Hotel Palace sign sky. Kind of spooky. :)
ReplyDeleteHappy Sky Watch Friday!
~Lisa
New Mexico
This looks like a delightful place!! A nice write up and wonderful photos to go along with the words!
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for taking the time to visit my blog today!
~Michele~
Mountain Retreat- Canada
Oh it is very charming. I love how you captured the sky and gave us some great shots of the signs in town too. Fun Sky Watch!!
ReplyDeleteI love the photo of Bennett Avenue
ReplyDelete"Hey, hey, Cripple Creek Ferry, butting through the overhanging trees..." I guess that song wasn't written about this town! Oh well, that's what I think of when I hear that name. Nice shots of the town.
ReplyDeleteLove the sky and the photos of the old town, may have to check that place out sometime
ReplyDeleteGood set of pictures. Nice angles in all. Great photos!
ReplyDeleteI know they have nothing to do with SKF, but the donkeys up there are so stinkin' cute!
ReplyDeleteLooks like it would be fun to visit Cripple Creek!
ReplyDeleteWonderful Series!...Lovely place to visit .Thanks so much for taking the time to visit my blog today: It' s always nice to meet someone new. Happy SWF:)
ReplyDeleteNice series of photos for sky watch. It looks like a nice place to visit.
ReplyDeleteI almost forgot I was supposed to be looking at the skies. I had to go back to look. I was too busy thinking how cute it must be to have all those little casinos.
ReplyDeleteSure would be cool to be there!
ReplyDeleteWhat a quaint little town.
ReplyDeleteVery picturesque.
Nina at Nature Remains
The skies look very eerie! Thanks for sharing. Happy SWF
ReplyDeleteThank you for the comment on my blog. Your sky photos are lovely. Tommorrow I know I'll take special notice of the sky - I should do that more often. Your post about your Aunt's treasures was very touching.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful pics! I plan to visit Colorado in the near future, I'll have to put Cripple Creek on my list (and ask you more about other great places to visit!)
ReplyDeleteLoved this - thanks for providing me with a visual to a song I love by The Band - 'Up On Cripple Creek'.
ReplyDeleteWow great photos for sky watch. I love your blog look you make me feel ready to get in the Christmas spirit. Happy SWF.
ReplyDeleteI love your photos they are amazing.
ReplyDeleteHappy SWF!
So there really is a place called Cripple Creek, who knew? Thanks so much for a glimpse into a wonderful and charming small town.
ReplyDeleteIntriguing shots! Love the variations of signs against lovely skies!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful and very interesting pictures!
ReplyDeleteI think I'd like that place...
ReplyDeleteBeautiful village shot.
ReplyDeleteI love the view. Gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteCripple Creek sure looks like a cute little town. I would enjoy visiting there.
ReplyDeleteI love the way you have your blog decorated. Happy sky watching!
I love this. Thank for sharing.
ReplyDeleteWish we were there today. Cripple Creek is a very neat, interesting town.
ReplyDeleteHi Suzanne! I am new to your blog, your avatar caught my eye. I am also a "Coloradolady". I was raised and currently live in western colorado, and one of my babies is a black and tan doxie too!
ReplyDeleteLove your pics. I really enjoyed the blog, I will be back!
Have a great day!. skies in western CO are cloudless and weather is crisp and warm (50's) ski areas are catching snow as we speak, come on over!
Interesting to learn about the changes of Cripple Creek. Is there a reason why they changed houses into casinos.
ReplyDeleteAnyway, It seems a pleasant town.
Signs always make frontages more attractive.
And the Sky is ... changing, no?
I love in the first picture the view on the street.
Great photos of Cripple Creek. Now who sang that song about this town?
ReplyDeleteLove all the signs. Sign designers are artists, in their own way. One day, I'll make it to Colorado! It looks like great fun.
ReplyDeleteGreat photos - I can't go wrong stopping by your blog, because you can't go wrong w/ anything Colorado!
ReplyDeleteAnd there's a giveaway to boot!
Thank you for stopping by and commenting on my page - I appreciate it!!!
Interesting post and awesome photos - thank you for sharing them. Greetings from Croatia.
ReplyDeleteI love photos taken at dusk. The sky is more intense and the lights show up so well. Is Cripple Creek the same town that The Band wrote about in "Up on Cripple Creek"? I love that song...
ReplyDeleteThanks for stopping by my blog too!
http://susieofarabia.wordpress.com/
Happy Friday!
ReplyDeleteWhat a quaint looking little town. I love it!
ReplyDeleteskywatching from atop the light pole
Just stopping in to catch up on what you are doing. Cripple Creek looks like a great place to visit.
ReplyDeletevery cool photos ... Makes that song... down on cripple creek pop into my head :D
ReplyDeleteThe signs at the dusk is a great idea. Looks great!
ReplyDeleteAmazing photo the first one!
ReplyDeleteLove the signs :)
This is my first visit to your blog. I'm very impressed. I love that dress your mother made you.
ReplyDeleteHave a lovely Saturday! Bridget
I love the feel of those clouds building up for a down pour.
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing your neck of the woods with us.
Have a goos week.
This is a wonderful Skywatch post! I think that's how I had originally found you, through Skywatch and I was so impressed with your blog, I added you to my list. And yet, somehow, I hadn't commented on your posts in a while. But, I remembered how much I enjoyed your blog, and included you in my tag!
ReplyDeleteSo, you have been tagged! If you would like to participate, come by my blog and see how it works.
This is a great Skywatch!
Marie