Doug Brewer wrote: > Mark Roberts wrote: > >> Oh wait, no. It's Colorado. Well, I knew it was one of those western >> states with mountains. But Frank Zappa didn't write a song about going >> to Colorado and I'm not going to put anything by John Denver in a >> subject line under *any* circumstances. >> >> Anyway, tomorrow morning Dr. Lisa and I are flying out to Denver and >> then driving to Silverthorne (where her brother lives) for a week of >> hiking and photography. Should be fun. And since it's Colorado I guess >> I'll have to bring my own dental floss instead of harvesting any out >> there... >> >> >> > doin a little outlet shopping, eh? > > You'll be in a great spot, within striking range of the Georgetown Loop > railroad, if you like steam trains, and I think they're running the > train based in Leadville now. > > Loveland Pass is pretty close, as is Fremont Pass, which is near > Leadville, home of one of those crazy races you like, the Leadville 100, > which goes over past Twin Lakes and on to Independence Pass, which is > really close to Independence, where I shot those ghost town photos that > are in the Pentax Gallery. > > Man, I'm so envious. > > > > About 6 years ago I hit my wife with a snowball at the Loveland pass. In July! So keep that in mind if you make it up there. We headed west out of Denver on I-70 and drove through the Eisenhower tunnel. On the way back we went over the pass. 90F in Denver, 40F on the pass. One of these days I'd like to cycle over it.
Lots of envy here, too. -- Scott Loveless http://www.twosixteen.com/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
