Sorry to say in all of our travels so far from leaving Alabama in February this is the first place that I was disappointed in. The town is nothing but one casino after another and I mean one right after another. You can't find a restaurant that isn't part of a casino. We were going to eat in one but it was upstairs of the casino and when we walked in it stunk from cigarette smoke. So we just turned around and walked out.
We did find this nice little city park. So we had our picnic lunch here. They even had a place to wash your hands. We always take a picnic lunch with us when we go site seeing because you never know what the situation will be. Many time you are too far away from any place to eat, besides Peggy and I both love eating picnic lunches. I usually forget to take a picture.
This is a view from the park looking at the back side of town.
We did take a ride on the train. I wasn't impressed with it either. They take you for a little ride around the mountain along side the road we came in on. The only thing is they do explain the area and what old abandon mines you are seeing. Unfortunately there was a family with two young children behind us that were constantly talking so much and so loud that I couldn't hear what the guide was saying any way. It cost $10.00 each and it definitely wasn't worth that.
A view of Cripple Creek from the train.
One of the abandon goal mines and tailing's from another one above. The guide told the name of it and how much they had extracted from it but as I said I couldn't hear him.
This was neat, it's called echo valley. The train stopped and blew the whistle and you could hear the echo.
One thing you could say for this campground is you wouldn't have to worry about your satellite not working, there certainly wasn't any trees to get in the way.
This is the second train they use. When our train got to here it switched to a siding and let this train go by. Then we pulled out and switched back to that track and backed into the station. They have a gold mine tour here that I heard was really good from all the people I talked to that had taken it. However, after thinking about it I decided not to go on it. First Peggy wouldn't go, she get nervous in caves and mines. Secondly, I have been in a gold mine in South Dakota, a coal mine in Pennsylvania, and an iron mine in Minnesota so I didn't think this would be much different. Lastly it cost $15.00 which I though was too much after the rest of my experiences in this town. The best thing about our trip there was getting there. We drove up to Cripple Creek from Canon City on a road they call the shelve road. If you ever drove it you would know why they call it the shelf road. It is just that, a shelf on the side of the mountain. But the scenery was great. The only problem was the road was so narrow there was no where to stop and take pictures. When met a car coming the other way, we had to backup and find a place wide enough for them to pass. Peggy nearly had a heart attack. When we met the car both cars had to stop, Peggy got out of the car while I backed up and pull over to the edge of the road (cliff). After the car passed she got back in and we drove on. When we started on the road it said it was 21 miles to Cripple Creek and that vehicles over 25 foot were not allowed on the road. After we got half way there a sign said 4 wheel drive vehicles recommended. Thanks, but we couldn't have turned around if we wanted to. Our little Saturn made it with no problem and as I said the scenery was great. Only problem was Peggy was so scared she couldn't look down and enjoy the view. Thankfully there was another way out of Cripple Creek so we didn't have to go back the same road. State Road 67 north to 24 was black topped and a good road. It was on the side of the mountain too but it was wide enough and had guard rails so Peggy wasn't scared on it. On the way back we stopped at Manitou Springs. When we were there before Peggy saw a purse she though Whitney (her granddaughter) would like. So she went back and got it. 
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