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Gold mine shafts are nearly in the town center...

My buddies from Georgia arrive in the night (rode from Savannah to Colorado Springs in 2 days; 1,000 miles on Friday and 750 on Saturday) so natuarlly they wanted to riding on Sunday! Back to Victor as it was on our way and I wanted to get better pics...

Relaxing in my deeeeluxe room at the Marriott in Colorado Springs. The bar was open in the lobby with cold Stella on tap. "Thank you, I'll have 5 please" - then off to bed...

Time to end the day and head for the hotel. Then this guy pulls me for speeding; 63 mph in a 55 zone. He says "I got you at 63 in a 55" and I replied "Yeah, so?" He started laughing and we talked for about 20 minutes and he let me go. He was a nice kid to talk to (I'd guess he was about 25 years old). Thanks Trooper Wermuth.....

Railed some dirt roads - love to do that in the rain. Our "dirt" roads don't have any dirt on them; it's a fine crushed rock; really nice to slide around on....

Another train car, looks like it housed farm animals. Was on private land so I couldn't get closer...

A few old cars roared past at 20 mph. Cool rides...

Another old train car. This one looked like it was made into a home at one time...

Quick stop at the local store for a snack...

Old Elks Lodge, Transfer Company and the old school - all empty. Sorry for the dark pics, it was an uncharacteristically rainy and cloudy day ....

Old winch yard and the front of the Dance Hall...

Some track is still there - odd looking rails....

Remnants of an old passenger car nearby....

The old Victor train station, now abandoned....

Old Dance and meeting hall...

Great architecture in this town. Too bad most of the buildings are empty and a few years away from collapse. Good stop for Pete's "Dark Motorcycling" tours in the future....

Passed the modern gold mine near Victor, CO - look at the size of these tailing piles - man made mountains....

Not much else happening in town...

Another weekend of good riding in southern Colorado. Started off on Saturday with a cruise through Cripple Creek, CO where I was viciously attacked by a herd of wild donkeys in the middle of town. Okay, they're "wild" only in that no one owns them and they roam freely. Not all that vicious either...

@Max GSSR - what a cool website! Just spent about 15 mins on it and will get back to it later.

5C here this morning. Waiting on a little more warmth before setting out.

Hope it warms up a bit though - only 51F / 10C here now. Should be better tomorrow though.

I'm gonna ride like my hair is on fire and my ass is catchin' ! Gonna hit up an old abandoned train station, some old train cars, gold mines that are outta business and then have whiskey and whores at the hotel tomorrow night. It's all true except the whiskey and whores part.

I saw that - how freakin' stupid is that? Wearing chaps in the first place is pretty dumb and this is a way to make it even more dumb.

Nope - but I do now! Always thought they were cool on gunbelts, holsters and on some leather pants....