Go Cumberland Pass

Realise that if we are going to see some places its not long before the snow comes and so the time is now. One of our first trips when we arrived was out to Tin Cup. Of course we didn't get very far because all of the passes were cut off by snow. So off we went.

Tin Cup got its name from one of the prospectors that carried out his gold dust in a tin cup. The underworld ruled Tin Cup and there never really was any law. Every time an honest sheriff would arrive, he would be told what to do by the leaders of the underworld. If he didn't comply, he was killed. And so the cemetery at Tin Cup is filled with honest sheriffs and other good people that did not comply with the underworlds demands. Around the turn of the century there was said to be about 2000 people here and shortly after that the population dwindeled. Now its a popular place to have a cabin in the summer months.

We set off over Cumberland Pass - confident we wouldn't see snow............mmmmmmmmmmmm fantastic scenery and scary roads... that's Colorado. Loved seeing the streams starting to freeze up for winter. Mountain tops covered in snow. Roads, suddenly narrowing with precipitous edges and icy patches, conifers with snowy branches. Fabuloso!