A couple of weeks ago, we joined Colorado Preservation Inc. for a weekend “On The Road” trip to South Park. The event started on a Friday evening, where we stayed in the Bunk House at M Lazy C Ranch. On Saturday, we headed for breakfast on the ranch. Outside the building was this cool Lasso Horse that is used for practicing lassoing.
Lasso Horse
After breakfast, a short walk led us back to the Bunk House. The sun was just rising above this lone pine tree.
Dawn At M Lazy C Ranch
Soon we boarded the tour bus that took us to Como on the road that followed close to Tarryall creek. There were many interesting historical buildings that we visited in Como. This included the schoolhouse and roundhouse. Along the roadside, we came across this shopper.
Shopped Till I Dropped
We then visited Mountain Man Gallery which also serves as the town’s Post Office. Outside the store is this carving of a wise man.
Wise Man Carving
We also visited this Pink and Blue house that the owner had opened to visitors for the day.
Pink And Blue
Some of the other interesting historical sites in Como include the Roundhouse and Eating House. During the 19th century mining era in Colorado, the Roundhouse were home to locomotives serving the narrow gauge railroad line from Denver to South Park. Como was the junction where a branch line climbed Boreas Pass to serve the town of Brekenridge. The Eating House is part of the hotel that served railroad visitors in years gone by. Currently this is being restored to its previous glory. Our tour also included lunch at the Eating House.
Later we boarded the tour bus for Alma. Here we attended a lecture by Steven Veatch, who gave an excellent presentation on mining in the Alma area. Steven has an interesting blog. Later we visited the Paris Mill (gold mining) and later had dinner in Fairplay before returning to the M Lazy C Ranch for the night.
The following morning before breakfast, I took a stroll around the ranch. I came across this Chevy truck that had accumulated some frost during the night.
Chevy Truck At The Ranch
At the horse paddocks, I met several horses that were busy with their breakfast. Here is one horse munching his meal.
Horse In The Paddock
Finally, before I headed out for breakfast, I captured these four butts!
Four Butts Feeding
After breakfast, we packed up and headed out to Buffalo Peaks Ranch that will be future site of the Rocky Mountain Land Library.
This was a fun weekend.