SW COLORADO, ST. ELMO TO TIN CUP

We return to St. Elmo and rent an ATV to go over Tin Cup Pass (12,154 ft.) It's six miles up over a fairly good jeep trail. There are many beautiful wilderness campsites along the way. We see several yellow-bellied marmots; they bark at us like they're irritated. The pass is well above timberline and pretty chilly.  It's seven miles down the other side to the town of Tin Cup. This mining town got its name from the first fellow who set up a saloon here. He used a plank between two tree stumps for a bar and the miners would bring their tin cups to be served. The trail is extremely rough and it takes us 2 hours to go seven miles. We lunch at Frenchy's and then visit the cemetery. It is divided up by religion. The return trip is just as rough, but we get the 4-wheeler back by 5:00 PM. Back at camp we have a snack and go to bed before dark.

View of Continental Divide

Mitch at Tin Cup pass, The Continental Divide

This Arctic Cat was ours for the day.

4WD road that took us to the town of Tin Cup.

Self portrait of me.

4WD road getting a little rougher.

Mirror Lake near Tin Cup

A first for this old lady.

Welcome to Tin Cup

Tin Cup store

View from Frenchy's restaurant

In our dreams we might own one of these!

Jewish Knoll in the cemetery of four knolls.

Catholic Knoll in the cemetery of four knolls.

Protestant Knoll in the cemetery of four knolls.

Boot Hill Knoll in the cemetery of four knolls; this is where all others were buried.

Very old cemetery.  This is one of the four knolls.

View from cemetery of four knolls.

4WD road leading back to St. Elmo's.