Black Hawk and Central City

Every fall we go up to the mountains to look at the Autumn colors.  This year, because of the flood and road damage, the options of 'mountain driving' were HUGELY decreased but we decided to go up I-70 to find some fall colors.  But we soon came to realize that Evergreen has its name for a reason because it is FOREVER green (aka no Autumn colors).  

See- no fall colors!

So we decided to go to Black Hawk and Central City, because Ben had never been up there, to check out that  part of Colorado.  Black Hawk and Central City are the only gambling towns in Colorado so they are FULL of casinos (it is like a mini Las Vegas in the mountains).  There was not much senic to look at (seriously casinos everywhere) so we decided to go to a buffet for lunch.  Ben loves buffets and the idea of a buffet in a casino was even cooler to him.  BUT we did not take into consideration that Elizabeth is not yet of gambling age so we had to have a security guard escort us everywhere we went  (that sounds absurd because she can't even walk- how could she gamble? But I rule is a rule).  It was even weirder when I had to take her to the bathroom to nurse her and the security guard had to take us and then wait outside the bathroom door the entire time we were in there (talk about uncomfortable pressure).  But the food was good (well.... casino buffet good), we had a fun time and we can now say we've been to Black Hawk and Central City!