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“I admit it,” my friend Kate said sheepishly, “I’m a flasher.” To hear those words, you might think she was indulging in streaking or other odd pursuits, but in fact, my friend Kate was talking about her daily commute up and down Boulder Canyon. “Flashing” her high beam lights is one…
Continue readingYou know it’s bad, when the snowplow that is expected to keep our local roads cleared of snow ends up upside down in Boulder Creek. That’s what happened this morning around Nederland and Boulder, when a surprise snowstorm dumped almost a foot of snow in the area. Boulder Canyon shut…
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Soaring granite walls. The sounds of rushing water crashing down the mountainsides. Snow capping the spires and trees. These are just some of the images ingrained in my mind from a drive up Boulder Canyon. As a resident of Nederland, I’ve made hundreds of trips over the past six years…
Continue readingI was working at our local museum in Nederland the other day, and got questions from some out-of-towners about Nederland, which is pretty typical. Once they found out I lived here, they got more in depth about the questions. What are the winters like? How long have you lived here?…
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