Underground Mardi Gras

In case you didn't know, Creede used to be a mining town.  Actually, it is again now, but it used to be exclusively a mining town.  So part of Creede tourism revolves around mining; there are lots of mining landmarks and cool abandoned mines all over the place.  In addition to the underground mining museum which you can visit and take a creepy tour of, we also have an underground fire station and community center.

I apparently don't have any pictures of it, so I got this picture from the Underground Mining Museum website.
 http://www.undergroundminingmuseum.com/ 

They hold all sorts of activities in the community center, including Bingo every Monday during the summer months, holiday potlucks and--as was the case last week--a Mardi Gras party.  I had heard that this party has been really fun and happening, but this year there were about a dozen people there.  But there was a local band playing called Mojones and I rarely turn down the opportunity to see them.  They play awesome funk music that is impossible not to dance to.  So my friend Heather and I showed up in time to enjoy their second set and dance our pants off.

It was crazy dark in there and I only had my phone so I didn't get great pictures, but here's what I managed to get:

This is the underground bar. I've heard it called the Cave. 

This is my very feeble attempt to get a picture of the band. It was REALLY dark in there.  But they were awesome and I had a good time, even if I was one of the only people there.  

When the band was done playing Heather and I headed to Tommyknocker Tavern to meet Tyson and ended up playing some foosball, which besides hockey is the major activity in Creede during the winter.  Then a brawl broke out between a few guys who were raging on excessive amounts of machismo, testosterone and--of course--alcohol.  We pretty much stayed out of it and kept playing foosball except for a few times where a couple extra bodies were needed to peel guys/girl off of other guys/girl.  I steered clear for obvious reasons.  Overall it was a fun and exciting night--a good change of pace from staying in most nights.

I suppose in keeping with chronological events, my next post will be about--dare I say it?--Valentine's Day, or what I like to call just a lovely romantic Thursday night with my BF.  However you want to look at it, I'll do a short post about it, mostly just to show pictures of the delicious meal we had.  Trust me, you will be jealous.