As Donna and I drove into Cripple Creek, we were greeted by the local welcome committee, as shown below.
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| Burros are quite common in many areas of the West. Miners used the sturdy animals, and many were left to fend for themselves. We've seen wild burros over much of the West. |
We enjoy Cripple Creek and all that it offers. It is a unique town, especially for flatlanders like Miss Donna and me.
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| Looking east along Carr Avenue. The main street of the town, Bennett, lies one block to the south (right in this picture). |
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| This is Bennett Street, the main road through town. The blue awnings along the left (north) side of the street belong to Bronco Billy's Casino, where we always stay and play. |
As always, we stayed at Bronco Billy's. The casino recently changed ownership. Anytime this happens, changes usually occur. At casinos, this usually means tighter machines and fewer comps. I hope this doesn't happen at Bronco Billy's. One change that is coming -- and it should be a good one -- is a new hotel. We really don't like the current lodging options at the casino, so for us, there is no where to go but up. We just hope they don't tighten the pay tables on the machines. And the service at Bronco Billy's is great. The friendliest, most helpful people you can find work there. It really is pleasant to play there.
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| This is Johnny Nolan's Casino, just east of Bronco Billy's. Interesting building, but there are not any games there that interest us. |
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| Looking west along Bennett Street. |
We took a walk around town one morning, just to stretch our legs and to get out and see some of the town away from the main road. As we were walking the sidewalk leading up a hill to the north, we saw what appeared to be a small puppy turn the corner and start trotting towards us. Since it was morning, there were long shadows caused by the buildings, and we couldn't see well. As the critter approached, I realized that it wasn't a puppy; in fact, it looked like a fox. Sure enough, just before he reached us, he turned off the sidewalk into a vacant lot, then stopped and took a long, hard look at us. His picture is below.
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| We encountered this curious little fox on a walk around town. The sun was behind him, so the picture is somewhat light. We had a staring contest for a couple of minutes until he headed down the slope towards the business district. Guess he was going to try his luck at one of the casinos. |
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| There was a little color on the slopes on the west side of town, but it was not yet vibrant. |
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| Miss Donna prowling the streets of Cripple Creek. It was a bit nippy early in the morning, as you can surmise from her jacket, but I found it very, very comfortable -- probably about 55 degrees or so. |
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| Donna snapped this photo of some derelict bum sitting on the steps outside St. Peter Catholic Church. The police came along shortly and threw his worthless hide in the slammer for loitering. |
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| The original party girl doing 3 of her favorite things: gambling in a casino, occupying a seat at a bar, and texting her daughter on her phone. This was taken in the Double Eagle, our second favorite casino in Cripple Creek. |
If you would like to see more of Cripple Creek, you can check out previous entries on the small mountain town at the links below.
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