Good Nite All

[Teresa]

Me too. I am totally lost. 

[Ole Granny]

[We ate a place called Caffe Tarimisu.  The food was excellent and the desserts where just the best.
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I believe this is what they are talking about.  You left out the at-   We ate at----Mind working faster than the hands.  Glad you had a grand time.

I am leaving in about an hour for a trip to CO with my sister.  One night we will be staying in hotel in Central City that is suppose to be haunted.  I lived in the city for a couple of years in the 60's.  Never heard about it being haunted then.  But it wasn't a hotel then either. They give a tour about the haunting which should be fun.   We are taking two laptops so we can check in but hopefully we will be so busy that we won't.  Not sure when we will be back.  We will hit some slot machines so may be back real soon. Later..................

[Roma Jean Turner]

Thanks for the help Ole Granny.  Yes, the hands do move faster than the mind most of the time.  Hope you guys have a wonderful time.  I can't wait to hear about the haunted hotel, I love that kind of stuff.  Look forward to the update when you return.  Be safe.

[Diane Amberg]

I've been to Central City also, but I don't remember anything about the hotel being haunted. If we don't hear from you for awhile, we'll check  the hotel's ghost register

[W. Gray]

I am not aware of a haunted place either but I do not stay long enough to find out.

Before Central City became a gambling Mecca, a movie company filmed The Duchess and Dirt Water Fox, a western comedy, starring Goldie Hawn and George Segal.

Dirt was hauled in to cover each of the streets. There were no modern buildings in the town. Central City was supposed to be San Francisco and the photographic back screen used with the street scenes was of the Pacific Ocean docks with sailing mast schooners at anchor. Since Central City has steep streets, it filled the bill just fine.

The movie has a good amount of action. During one of the bad guy/good guy chases down several town streets one can see plainly a sign with large letters saying "Idaho Springs" with an arrow pointing in the proper direction and "Georgetown" with an arrow. Both towns are just a few miles from Central City.

Before gambling, Central City was the major area  with Black Hawk less than an eighth of a mile away just a blip. Since gambling took over, Black Hawk is the major area and Central City just a blip in comparison. That is not to say it is not a good place to visit.

The reason for the reversal comes from the fact that when coming from Denver on US 6, Black Hawk was the first gambling town and everyone stopped. People just did not seem to get the rest of the way up the street to Central City. At one point, the town was down to four casinos.

Within the last two or three years, the town of Central City constructed a four-lane expressway through the mountains directly from I-70 to Central City. Black Hawk tried to stop construction but failed.

Cars taking that route now come to Central City first. The road has helped some but Black Hawk still prevails.

[Ole Granny]

Here we are in CO- cooler too.  My cousin was in the Duchess and the Dirt Water Fox.  Only a short bar scene and much of it was cut.  He was one of the locals. 

The gambling in Central and Blackhawk is a sore spot with the locals.  Central voted to keep the city as natural as possible and to retain the history and only iin the business area.  My grandparents lived on the Casey in Central for many years.  After they passed my uncle took it over.  The home was paid for for years but when gambling came in the property tax made it almost impossible for him to survive. Many of the locals left.  I have one cousin who works in Central but was born there but now lives in Littleton.

We spent many summers visiting family there and I had never heard of the haunting.  It is above what once was the Chandelier House.  It is not the same town but will still be fun seeing the old house plus we go on up to Apex and American City.  During the depression my grandparents lived in a little cabin with their huge family in apex.  Last I knew a dentist from Denver owned it.  Going to check the rest of the days happenings.  Later..............

[Teresa]

I love stuff about hauntings and ghostly apparitions..
Wish I had the gift to see them.. How cool would THAT be. Sometimes I "feel" a presence.. but I don';t think that is a ghost.
More likely one of my "helpers" that are invited to guide me as I do massages.
Although I did have a client who saw one of the ancient ones who come to help me on occasion. I have never seen him with my physical eyes.. but Mike did. Described him to me and said he wanted to give me a message ..
Which answered  actually the question I was mentally asking myself about a technique I was using at that very moment.
Most would call it creepy.. I just call it cool.

Let us know how the gambling went too.
Lordy I DO love those slot machines.. 

[Wilma]

Where is everybody tonight?  I know there is about 4 college football games tonight and at least one baseball game on TV, but that shouldn't take everybody.  After 2 full days of garage sale, I am ready for bed.  Second daughter and I just might have to let Mizzou play the rest of their game without us.  They shouldn't have started so late anyway. 

We did pretty good with our sale.  The main trouble with having a garage sale is that you can't go to anyone else's.  It is good to see the people that come to mine every time.  Some of them come just to see us.  Some are old friends from way back and some just new acquaintances.  Met a couple of Forum members today.  I would say it was a good day.  So, good night, sleep tight.

[Rudy Taylor]

It's always a good day when you meet a forum friend.

[W. Gray]

You mean, Wilma, by wanting to go to the other garage sales, you were going to try to replace all that stuff you got rid of in your garage sale?