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Living in the foothills of the Front Range, you can’t escape the history of Colorado’s Gold Rush. Old mines abound as you hike local trails near Caribou, Eldora and Ward and old mining roads dot the Forest Service land around Nederland. So, I listened with interest when Colorado Public Radio…
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“So where do you want to go for your bir thday?” I mused over this for a moment. Given how arduous the journey has become driving Boulder Canyon, I preferred to stay local. While there are a couple of restaurants that I’ve liked in Nederland, they didn’t seem special enough…
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Yesterday was the end of an era. The era of providing food and drink along the Peak to Peak Highway between Estes Park and Nederland. The Millsite Inn closed its doors for good yesterday. If you’ve never driven the Peak to Peak Highway, you probably have no idea what I’m…
Continue readingAs I drive the winding mountain road, it becomes more and more difficult to see during my drive home in darkness. At first, wisps of vapor rise up off the blacktop, a little bit at a time. At first, it’s only every now and then. But as the miles pass,…
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