Saturday 02-20-16

Sunshine and warm temps greeted us in the morning. After breakfast, we decided to go to the town of Leadville, about 35 miles from Dillon. The road to Leadville takes you pass the parking lots of Copper Mtn. The Far East parking lot was totally filled by 11am. This lot is only used when all of the rest are filled. Not sure where they would park any more cars. Glad we weren't skiing today. About halfway there, the roadway passes over Fremont Pass which is 11,318 feet above sea level. There was a lot of blowing snow across the roadway. As you come into town, you see the National Mining Museum. WE were going to visit it but it was closed today. Since it was close to lunch time, we went to High Mountain Pies for pizza. After lunch we went to a new brew house, the Periodic Brewery. We then continued to the Silver Dollar Saloon and checked out their plans for St Patrick's Day. They have a parade that ends at the door of the saloon. I think we will attend that parade. It was a very interesting day in Leadville.