Scenes from Georgetown, Colorado

Georgetown is a tiny town nestled in the 8000-foot peaks of the Rockies. We stumbled on it one year, completely by accident, simply because we were tired and it didn't look like a tourist hell. We were right. Although it is a tourist town, in that "preserved mining town" sort of way, the ski resorts and snow bunnies haven't found it quite yet. So we decided to go back for Thanksgiving weekend.

The downtown area has approximately 200 preserved buildings. It is one of the only mining towns in the area not to have suffered a large scale fire, which is why so many of the buildings have remained intact. There's even an old-time soda fountain in one of the stores.






From the top:
1 and 2. Main Street looking north towards I-70.
3. Police AND public restrooms. Brilliant combination.
4. Main Street looking south.
5. Christmas decorations.
6. Best burgers outside of Montana. And damn cheap beer.