The Georgetown Loop

Larry had a long weekend for the Christmas holidays, and we have been taking advantage of his time off. We decided to do a little mountain drive, and went to Georgetown. It was a beautiful day, with bright blue skies, but NOT much snow, even at Christmas, though we did see patches of snow. This is a rarity. We walked around and enjoyed the scenery all the same.

Georgetown is a little town nestled into our local mountains. It was once known as the Silver Queen of the Rockies. It was founded during the days of Colorado’s silver boom and is one of the state’s four original mining towns. It has a lot of Victorian styled homes and old buildings that were built in the late 1800’s too.

These are the Flatirons. We live at the base of the Flatirons, on the way to Boulder. We were taking the backroads up to Georgetown.

Quite a few movies have been filmed in Georgetown, using this scene as their backdrop.

Here are some of the old historical homes. This one was built in 1885.

The old schoolhouse building, also built around 1885.

The original St. James Hotel, built in 1875. It proudly states it was built before Colorado became a state, in 1876.

Looking back into town from above. We were hoping to find snow, and more than just patches here and there, but no snow this time. We still had a nice drive though.

Coming back down the mountain, we drove through Evergreen. We saw a big herd of elk, with about 30 in the group and a couple of big bulls. They were pretty far away from us, so my pictures are pretty blurry, but at least we got to see them. These were the only critters we saw the whole trip, but it made our day.

Once we came back down the hill, and were back in civilization, we decided to run some errands as well, then stopped for a late lunch/early dinner along the way. We stopped at a Chinese Restaurant called Empress.

Neither one of us ordered lobster or crab, but if we did, we could have chosen our own.

We didn’t order duck either, but it was there if we wanted it.

Instead Larry ordered the mixed seafood platter and I ordered the happy family.

Both were very good. We had a nice little day drive and adventure; something we enjoying doing on a regular basis.

Enjoy the rest of the holiday season. Happy New Year. May 2026 bring you good health, prosperity and happiness. Stay well and stay safe. ‘Til next time.