Left Coast Rebel: Adventures in Colorado

by the Left Coast Rebel

Proof that I know how to have fun, that is. A good trip reminds one of many things, a few come to the front of my mind. That being -

a) Travelling is a lot of work, time and hassle. It's worth it.

b) Gallivanting to new places in search of adventure is what, life, (should be), all about.

c) Headaches from jetlag and beer are an insurmountable force of evil and should be used as an interrogation method.

d) Beer is good, Boulder CO is beautiful and there are a lot of hippies there. They are camera-shy and erratic, however. Except for the ghostish-hippy in the bookstore window at night, (more later).

And all of these not necessarily in that order.

On the road from Denver to Boulder. Note the Rockies in the disance and the snow-laden peaks. Last week brought the area a nice little storm, a flurry of snowfall at higher elevations. Today was 75 degrees however.......

Meet Beaver. Beaver is a pro bass fisherman and current record holder for large mouth bass caught in the state. Beaver was a lively, colorful fellow. I actually encountered him whilst sitting alone in the car, waiting for the others to check in to our hotel. He spotted me from a distance and beckoned that I join him in his pre-game Brat/beer/chips/soda festivity. Beaver actually had a small booth and cook station setup on the hotel grounds, he apparently knew the owner of the property. I snapped this pic of him when he wasn't looking. Here's how our meeting went -

Me - Hmm, what's that smell? Is someone cooking something? Wait, it looks like that guy over there under the awning......

Beaver @ 200 yards - Hey, you! You can't just sit in the car like that, quit your lolly-gaggin', can't you see I'm cooking here? Where's your team colors? Come enjoy a brat and a beer with me. Come on, don't be shy! Yeah, you!

Me - Hmm, well what would the girls think.....screw that, I'm hungry.....

Welcome to CO, what a character.

The Sink in Boulder. The Sink is a local watering hole/hangout that is famous with CO residents, replete with graffitiized walls inside, high enough noise levels at all times to induce hoarseness by merely communicating to friends and was the former employer of a certain young janitor in the 1940's by the name of Robert Redford.

Now check this out folks. This painting is on one of the walls in The Sink. Clearly depicting the Hand of Heaven, (not God mind you), smashing down on an Official Slob, while Greenpeace @ left marches away the whales and the dolphins. Wow. It may be tough to decipher but the pic @ right shows a bunch of white baby seals clubbing an Exxon executive. To death. Yes, to death. See the caption @ top left, right above the seal that says "Pretty Slick Exxon"? Talk about kookery. This stuff is all over the town.......

In his natural environment. A Hippy-Ghost of Christmas Past spotted and photographed inside the Boulder Book Store. My wife snapped this picture, he apparently thought it to be quite a hoot. After he exited the Boulder Book Store, he grabbed his bike and went across the street. While waiting for a cab, I watched him smoke a cigarette, then a joint and repeat. At least he was consistent.........

Now excuse me for the evening, I'm exhausted......

5 comments:

The Conservative LadyOct 19, 2009 10:21 PM
Enjoyed the post. Colorado must be beautiful. I hope to visit there sometime.
Clifton BOct 20, 2009 03:19 AM
Somebody is having a most excellent adventure! Save a beer for me!
Sparky ♥ ∞Oct 20, 2009 05:26 AM
Now that's hilarious! They're weird there, aren't they?! I don't care for Colorado at all but do love the scenery.
My husband and I also enjoy gallivanting but we do it on 2 wheels. It's one of our favorite things since retirement.
Thanks for sharing the pics LCR! :)
WilliamOct 20, 2009 03:14 PM
The first picture looks like the area between South Dakota, and Wyoming, in which I travelled through a couple ofweeks ago, returning home from Chicago. During this trip, I realized how much I have changed since my twenties. Back then, I thought how could anyone live in such a desolate, God forsaken place? Having grown up where the vineyards meet the redwoods, and now living in Oregon, one has to admit these places are a tough act to follow in terms od natural beauty. But both places are now run by tyrannical "progressives." Looking at the plains, and where they meet the Rockies, I simply had to judge the physical beauty on its own terms. The result in my thinking is, these areas are very subtle, peaceful, and beautiful to view.

Also, the roads were far beter than what I experienced coming across Minnesota, on I-90. Why? Wyoming and South Dakota are red states! Tax money goes to better public transportation, than an egrigious, redistribution of wealth scheme.

As mentioned in a previous post, Colorado is the second freest state, followed by South Dakota, according to George Mason University's, Mercatus Center. New Hampshire of course, being first.
Left Coast RebelOct 20, 2009 09:10 PM
@ TCL - It is! I spent many summers there as a young kid, I miss it....

@ Clifton - It was fun, there was plenty of beer to go around my friend!

@ Sparky - Thanks for reading, did you like the hippy in the window? LOL

@ William - This area of CO does look a lot like Wyoming, I spent a summer there a few years ago. Red states have their benefit in ways that we don't even know......

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