The Chamonix - Cripple Creek

 

Song:  You're A God

Group:  Vertical Horizon

This morning...

I took my elder sister and her husband (James) to Cripple Creek...

to the Chamonix Casino.

I had originally thought that there was a BierWerks pub there.

When I looked it up online after coming back from the one in Woodland Park...

I saw a listing for one in the Chamonix Casino

(It turned out to be an old ad...

or for a proposed one for inside...

but there wasn't one in the casino).

So...

my sister sat down at a slot machine and began playing.

Her husband sat down at a slot machine in the next row down.

As I don't gamble

(I find it tedious...boring)...

I just walked around taking photos.

As it was still early in the day...

the casino was relatively empty.

When I returned to where my sister was sitting...

James was sitting next to her.

In the space of half an hour...

my sister had won more than $120 (total profit...minus what she had spent).

She frequently wins at casinos because after she wins more than $100...

she will cash out...

and then just play with $20 credit...

and win or lose...

she will walk away satisfied

(they have a casino near where they live as well).

As today was a day of relaxation...

we went home and I cooked roast beef.

Tomorrow...

if we feel up to it...

we will take a couple hour car trip through the mountains to the West...

for photos.

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As the carpets were on clearance...

and I feared they would soon sell out...

I ordered enough for me to finish up my deck projects

(6 more 6 x 36 foot rolls).

Although I will still have to order other things to complete my projects...

the marine outdoor carpets should keep me busy for at least another month or two.

I will have to do a lot of measuring and cutting just for the fitting.

I will also have to start preparing my Japanese Maple site...

so when it arrives at the end of October...

I will be able to plant it straight away.

I still have to get a few more tools...

soil and fertilizer...

as well as staking and tying implements.

I really want this tree to succeed...

so it will take many things to ensure that.

After staking it out...

I will also have sheet plastic to wrap around the stakes to protect the new planting 

from the freezing winter winds...

and I will fill it with insulating moss.

If it grows well...

I will be planting many more in the future.

I want to have many brilliant scarlet Autumn colors 

mixed in with the luminescent yellows of the Aspens.

I will soon also buy many wild flowers to mix in other colors.

This will involve preparing certain sites for planting them as well.

But...

I will just be doing a little bit each day...

mostly because as I am very fair skinned...

I burn easily in the sun.