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Had to run to get the mail, so I snapped a few pics of the Welsh made walls in town. More walls than York, I tell ya! A lot of the foundations no longer have buildings on them and are in a state of ruin..

Yes. But you'll find them all over the place as a lot of Welsh must have left Wales for the USA back in the day. Lots of German in Pennsylvania and Ohio as well. My grandfather immigrated to Ohio from Germany as did my wife's family. Even our town here has a wall known as the Welsh Wall. It's was built by the Welsh stone masons that immigrated here. It's a retaining wall that was made from local rocks and uses no mortar - just stacked stone. Built in the 1880's and is still there - so they were skilled workers who knew whar they were doing. I'll get out later today and take some pics of these walls and foundations and post here. Many of the gold miners here were from England, Ireland and Wales as they worked in mines there and were skilled at mining. So lots of Welsh influence here.

Yes, moved here 6 years ago. Prior to that we lived in Indianapolis, Ohio, Montana, Iowa and Pennsylvania. But this is my last move - not going anywhere else as I'm getting too old to move.

Printed?!?!? It was probably chiseled.

It looked like it's been there for a good while - very dust covered and had a lot of junk stored inside of it. I rode just over 300 miles today and went through one modern town (Breckenridge) - nothing but open space out here and that's what I like most about living here. There are untold miles of dirt roads and trails to ride, most don't really go anywhere, lots of dead ends. But it's still fun to ride around and check them out - might see something cool.

It is pretty cool living out in the boonies..until you need something like groceries, fuel, etc. Then it sucks as the nearest shop of any kind is 30 miles away. But still, it's worth the extra effort.

Three on the clutch and one on the brake - weird, but it's a hold over habit from my motocross days. Always ride with one finger on the brake lever as well.

This whole State is a ghost town.

That's it - just a quick blast near home and I'm back.

Almost back home and passed above the lake at Dillon....

Rode around the lake to find teh stream that feeds into the lake. Passes by yet another abandoned gold mine...

Tried to find an off road way around Hoosier Pass with no luck. Found a cool lake though and the waterfall that feeds it...

Back down the hill to Como again I go. This is the train depot, eating house and hotel that are obviously not in use anymore. Shame. Not a lot else happening in Como these days...

My goal today was to go over Boreas Pass and into Breckenridge from the south - but the Pass was closed due to Covid-19 safety measures. WTF?

Next stop was the Train Roundhouse in Como. Wish I could have gotten closer but it was fenced off.....

..got the bike out and went for a scoot. Passed the Cline Mansion, looks like it could use a bit of paint. Built in 1928 by Foster Cline (rancher) Bet it was soemthing to see in it's day...

If you're able to design something, I have lathes and milling machines at my shop and can whittle it out of aluminum if you'd like.

I 've been wearing the Dainese Four Stroke Evo gloves for a few years now - usually get 3-4 years out of a pair. Not waterproof (rarely rains here), vented and all leather. And they come in a size 3XL for my petite, dainty little hands.

Surely I'm not the only one...

Nope, entire town is fenced off due to lead poisons being all over the place. Very toxic area.

From today's ride...

Time to steer the Big Blue Turd for home anyway. More on the next ride....

Thought about stripping down for a dip in the creek, but the water was cold as Hell...

Even though this was at about 9,500' of elevation, it was still pretty hot out in the Sun...

But now it's just wide open space for me to rip around in...