On our first full day at Inn at the Lakes in Lake City we rode out to North Clear Creek Falls to see if it looked the same as the last time we were here in 2010. Just as beautiful as last time.
We drove around Deer Lake and along the creek, up to Powderhorn and back to Lake City on 149, heading south from Gunnison. It was a long drive but scenic. We stopped by a shady spot by the creek and had a picnic on a quilt.
Dinner on Monday was a Poker Alice Pizza. Their pizzas are huge so we'll have lunch later this week. Monday, when we arrived at LC, we went straight to the Medical Center - I had developed a UTI. It was a miserable two day drive, but I felt much better after 24 hours on an antibiotic.
As we drove into LC, we passed the Alferd Packer Massacre Site. I noticed the sign and said "Oh, there's a massage place here". We had several good laughs about that! I researched Alferd Packer and found he was a cannibalist. Hired as a guide for 5 men trying to get to LC for the silver mining, when he arrived at LC he was alone and had their wallets and cash. Story goes that he killed them and ate them to survive! What a gruesome story to commemorate with a highway marker!
Late Tuesday afternoon Lake City lost power for a couple of hours. We went into town looking for dinner and found a restaurant north of the river that still had power. The Climb - Elevation was a nice restaurant and we enjoyed chicken pot pie for me and pork chops for Ron. Power was restored when we returned to the Inn after dinner.
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