Before we left the Kelly-Dahl Campground we went on a short hike up the hill to an old abandoned gold mine. We drove south to Central City, another old mining town that is now dominated by casinos. We had beers at the Dostal Alley Brewpub/Casino in an 1874 building. We drove on to the Echo Lake Campground at 10,600 feet elevation in the Arapaho National Forest half way up the highest paved road in North America near Mount Evans Peak.
