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You know it’s spring break…

You know it’s spring break, when most of the cars you see are sporting red and white Colorado license plates.  Red and white plates being the ones attached to the SUV or sedan coming straight from the rental car lot at Denver’s International Airport.  The Toyota Camry that is clean…

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Nederland Commuter Speed

Off I went, driving the big county van down the canyon.  Sitting high, and driving a county vehicle, I had to be much more careful than my usual drive down the canyon.  I actually ended up driving the speed limit, and being mindful of a controlled navigation of the many…

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Fog in the mountains

As 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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Small Town, Big Business

As an avid skier and part-time ski instructor at Winter Park Ski Resort, I spend  lot of time driving on the Peak to Peak highway through the towns of Blackhawk and Central City, Colorado, a mere 30-minute drive south of Nederland.  Their histories are complicated, founded as mining boom towns…

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