Black Hawk Canyon Mine

We have really enjoyed riding the county roads around La Veta.  We have seen lots of wildlife, wild flowers and incredible mountain views.  We have also found lots of old abandoned coal mines.  This one was the Black Hawk Canyon mine.  I took a picture of the coal seam they were digging out in the top picture.  The place they did all the processing is in the second picture. 

We have enjoyed the deer that wonder through the campground eating the flowers and now they eat the crab appples.  There is also a bear hanging around town and he has come to visit the campground.   The ranch dogs across the river go crazy and have had him treed but he still comes back.  We have to be very careful with keeping the dumpster chained shut and warning the tenters to be prepared to go to the bathhouse or their car.

Overall we have had a nice time here in La Veta and the campground we've been in has been one of the nicer ones.  The owners were great to work for and we had great fellow workampers.  It will be sad to leave but on to new adventures.