fh_trips | Grand Lake, Colorado, 1881

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Grand Lake, Colorado, 1881

A modest flash of light illuminated the Colorado night for a brief few seconds before fading. In its wake, it left a castle sitting on an island sitting in Grand Lake, as one did, and nothing on Fandom was changed. Well, besides the many rain puddles, which almost immediately began to drain into the lake.

By morning, the sun was high in the sky, and temperatures hit an even 70 degrees Fahrenheit. It would warm up a little more during the day, but not by much.

Several miles across the water laid the beginnings of a mining town. Grand Lake was a whiles away from Hot Sulphur Springs, and young and full of excitement. A train station laid a short riding distance away, but the real draw were the mines near the town.

People on horseback occasionally trotted across the plains, but more often they were filled with cattle, or nothing at all.

Welcome to the frontier. Where steam rules and cowboys roam.

[[ ~~wait for the~~ ocd up, have at! ]]

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It's a lovely place for walking around, even if it isn't that warm.

Something about the old west just appealed to Annie today. Or maybe she was looking for any excuse to not be on the island now that she wasn't clay anymore. Plus it was a sort of pretty day for walking around the lake, and it wasn't raining, and some of the places in town were probably not places she wanted to go alone...

We'd advise against heading out on foot. Get yourself a horse first.

As soon as Goose realized where he was, he knew that he was going to go out exploring.

After managing to borrow a horse, he set off to look around.

Take your chances with some of the claims out near the town here. Just don't piss off any of the prospectors - they're likely to shoot first.

Technically it's a little way out still, but the local train station sees trains coming in once or twice a day, bringing goods (often), passengers (less often) and excitement (not as often as you'd think).

The saloon here is small, but bustling. There's a woman making a spirited attempt to sing on stage every now and again, and there's plenty of booze and surly-looking men with big hats sitting about.

It... is what it says on the tin.

Though probably not the building itself, which mostly just radiates ill repute.

If you want to take a ride out onto the plains, this is probably the best place to go first. The trader probably won't scam you out of too much money.

There's a squirrely-looking man behind the counter, and not all the stuff he's working on seems to be watches.

In fact, he might be doing a few bizarre things with steam and metal in the back of the shop, if you want to take a poke around.

Doing research on US history always makes me want to say things like 'it's like they're a baby country!'

Shush. My birthtown was founded around the year zero.

Edited 2011-06-06 05:26 (UTC)

Nuh-unh! We're hundreds of years old! Hundreds! Thousands! ... just nobody was writing it down at the time.

Pfftt.

*pouts somewhere the buffalo still roam*

Sure, the geographical landmass existed for that long... ;)

The Sioux! And the Lakota! Just 'cause they didn't have a writing system...

*frantically goes to look up Native American writing systems*

Ha! (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Aboriginal_syllabics)

Syllabics have occasionally been used in the United States by communities that straddle the border, but are principally a Canadian phenomenon.

Yet another way in which Canada is clearly superior to the US. :D We're on top, don'tcha know!

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Grand Lake, Colorado, 1881

Outside Grand Lake

Outside Grand Lake - Around the Lake

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Outside Grand Lake - Plains

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Outside Grand Lake - Mine

Grand Lake

Grand Lake - Train Station

Grand Lake - Saloon

Grand Lake - House of Negotiable Affections

Grand Lake - Horse Trader

Grand Lake - Watchmaker's

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