Dianne “Sam” Law and Deb Lathrop were in awe when they returned to the their historic Uptop ghost town near Old La Veta Pass after Spring Creek fire evacuations were lifted. Though much of the sisters’ 300-acre property was charred, the view from their cabin at Uptop was entirely green. “When you’re up there, you can’t tell there was a fire, which is Herculean,” Law said.