Victor


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The sleepy little town of Victor was once a bustling metropolis full of miners and businesspeople.  They even had an electrified streetcar system that ran around the Cripple Creek Mining District.  Today there are just a couple bars and a German bakery in town.

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On the main drag in town.

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Demolishing an old building.  This town didn’t get gambling like Cripple Creek did.

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Old advertisements painted on the buildings.

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A sketchy kids ride that Heather tried to climb into.

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End of the pavement.


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The building where Delfina and Matt had their engagement photos taken.  The painted-on advertisement is semi-famous.


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One of the original train stations.


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Now boarded up and forgotten.


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Driving Up Phantom Canyon Road in a Thunderstorm


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We started up Phantom Canyon Road just as some dark storm clouds rolled in.


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Through a train tunnel as the hail starts pouring down.

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Big, fat raindrops hitting the windshield.

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I was having a lot of fun driving up this road through the rain, hail, and lightning.

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Another tunnel.

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This was a deep one.

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Getting darker and wetter.

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Over an old bridge with a Jeep going extremely slow in front of us.


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The Jeep let us by and we continued our progression up this really interesting canyon.

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The storm cleared as we came out on top of Phantom Canyon near the town of Victor.


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HUGE Private house or lodge of some sort.