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Golden Colorado, the Coors Brewery and Red Rocks

by John P.

Red RocksColorado’s first capital, Golden, is surrounded by mountains and high rock buttes. Main street is lined with shops and restaurants, and the world’s largest single brewing site, Coors Brewery, was founded here in 1873. It is a beautiful little town, surrounded by some of the most stunningly rugged scenery I’ve ever visited.
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Weekend in Denver – Part 1

August 6, 2006
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It’s easy to see why Denver and the surrounding areas keep getting voted among the “Best Places to Live”. The area is surrounded by the eastern edge of the Rockie mountains – the very view that inspired the words to America the Beautiful (“…for purple mountains majesty…”). (MP3 Here) And with a healthy respect for [...]

Boulder Colorado

August 1, 2006

If I could only use one word to sum up Boulder, Colorado it would be “wow”! This is one of the most naturally pretty places I’ve ever been. Normally, I think of beautiful cities as places with some natural beauty which has been improved by man. For example, San Francisco. But then there are places [...]

Colorado Springs and Pike’s Peak

August 1, 2006

No trip to the Denver area would be complete without a visit to Pike’s Peak, so I headed on down about 70 miles south to Colorado Springs. There are quite a few things that anyone visiting Colorado Springs needs to know… unfortunately no one bothered to share this info before I went.