In Buena Vista, CO at Mt Princeton RV park July 12-15, 4 nights

Changing RV parks today to Mt Princeton RV park.  Snowy Peak is full. I don't think we will have cable, which means no TV.  Will use hot spot WFi and Roku data streaming.  4 nights $236.00 or $59 per night.  WiFi is very slow.  PBS channel on antenna TV only.  Site C6.

Saturday:

   Trip to St Elmo :

Hancock was at over 11,000 feet.  Harsh winters.

In front of St Elmo store, hummingbirds.

A cold place to camp.  $20 per day with hand water pump and outhouse.

 Cemetery just past campground

Graves back into the early 1800's.

Mt Princeton hot springs

 Alpine tunnel was made for railroad to gunnison to haul ore from Hancock mines
RR shutdown in 1926, which made St Elmo into a ghost town.

 Jan's haunted house in St Elmo

Old mine building leaning over road up to Hancock., will block road someday

Sunday:

Trip to Salida for pancakes:

  Then up to Cottonwood pass summit.  Newly paved road to summit. Road closed at summit.  Construction over to Taylor lake.

 Looking over top toward Taylor.  Road is being carved out.

 Looking down toward Buena Vista.

 Cottonwood lake , 3 miles off main road, halfway down.

Lots of fishermen

Rain started about 1600 for an hour.  We stopped at Jan's and had cherry pie and muffin.  Met the owner (Jan).