(Glenn) We are still in Salida, Colorado. This morning we returned to Leadville, CO for a tour I reserved a few days ago to tour an underground gold and silver mine. Cathy was a little nervous at the beginning of the tour when we (4 on the tour) were stuffed into a small mine elevator and lowered over 600 feet down a shaft into the mine. It was interesting to hear the miner discussing the history of the mine and the town of Leadville. The tour was over two hours and the owner showed us around the mine shafts. Gold and silver were shown to us in the rocks and one was very large. The temperature is always 40 degrees and many of the lower levels are under water now. He demonstrated the equipment he uses now and some old equipment used there in the 1880's. On the way back to Salida, we visited Beuna Vista, CO and saw their old shops downtown. It was a small place and we left after our late lunch. Time to watch a little college football before bedtime.
(Cathy) We got 2 rocks from the mine as souvenir! I collect shells, rocks etc. from beaches, parks, national monuments. I collect these things, what can I say?
Glenn decides to stop on this gravel road to take off his coat. He gets off. I'm still sitting in my seat. Bike starts moving, we're turning over. Glenn grabs bike, I get my foot down also to keep it up. One leg on ground and one leg over bike. Bike weighs about 600 pounds plus me. A car came up beside us and asked Glenn if we needed help? Glenn says "no thanks, we're good". Imagine all that if you can, we don't even have the bike upright yet. Jim Garrard will appreciate this: Bike was in neutral when Glenn got off!! This is twice in Colorado.Last time was about 9 years ago. He did get the bike up before we hit the ground.