Karen and Jeff's World

We had some time to kill before checking into our B&B while staying in Cripple Creek for its annual Ice Festival on February 12th, and decided to trek the 7 miles to Victor to check it out. Victor is an old mining town west of Colorado Springs (Cripple Creek is as well). Unfortunately, time and the economy have not be kind to Victor. There are about 500 residents today. Many of the homes we saw were for sale, and many store fronts were vacant. We did go into a really nice little antique shop. You can stroll around downtown Victor in about 10 minutes. There’s only about 4 blocks to downtown.