Have any readers heard of Leadville? Odds are, very few have so here’s a history lesson. Current population is just short of 3000; population in 1880, 30,000. It was one the gold/silver mining boomtowns, and is touted as the bawdiest and baddest of the genre. It boasts the highest airport and golf course in US at an altitude of 10,430’. We are staying at a campground on 2nd Street, which used to be named State Street and boasted 64 bars and numerous brothels back in the day.
We had planned to golf here so we’d have bragging rights on playing the lowest course in the world, Death Valley, and the highest course in the US in the same season. But, the forecast for tomorrow is crap: high of 51 with wind and thunderstorms, so that’s not going to happen. Instead, we’ll tour the old Victorian buildings and such, maybe go to a movie.
We ate lunch at the Leadville Subway a few years ago, driving the back roads from Red River NM north. I only really remember the main drag which we went up and down several times for some reason. Took a picture of a church there...
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