Thursday, September 21, 2006

Getting high


I love that I spent a night in Leadville,
the highest town in the USA.




5 comments:

Anonymous said...

Nice photo. Such warm colors. How hight is this town?

Wombat said...

This is one of my photos, Anon.

Leadville is 10,152 feet high. I just checked the Wiki, and they say it's the second highest city in the USA. Oh well.

In any case, it's quite a spot, with a main street looking (almost) as it did in the 1880's.

Being a sea-level dweller, walking up two floors of stairs to my hotel room emphasized the lack of O2 there!

If you are in Colorado, it's worth a visit.

Anonymous said...

How small is it Wombat? (not that I couldn't look the information up myself, but you seem to be a walking encyclopedia anyway... :))

It's cute. Strikes me as small and old-fashioned.

Unknown said...

It's tiny, Amanda - mostly a tourist and backwoods ski-related place now. 3000 people or so.

But they have done wonders keeping the Victorian/Goldrush buildings, with their dramatic windows and glowing red-brick construction.

Old-fashioned is about right.

Anonymous said...

You're talking to a girl for who 3000 people is a "big" town. :)

Cute. I like it when towns are able to preserve the spirit of times past.