With a little effort, you could be one of us!!!
Stop, you're killing me.
Alright, I had to go get the map to remember specifics about Grand Junction. I remember taking a day and driving southeast to Delta, then up through Cedaredge and Mesa, past Powderhorn ski area and back to town through Clifton. This would be a nice ride. The pass over Grand Mesa is open rolling forest and field, laced with snowmobile trails. I also went out to Fruita and took the loop road through Colorado National Monument (beautiful). Looked at some houses that backed up to the National Monument--talk about a back yard!
Back to Colorado Springs, when I was there the suburbs were going out to Black Forest. Manitou Springs was really neat and I used to go running in Garden of the Gods and around the lake at the Olympic Park (name?) I also took in a few Sky Sox games--that's where I discovered how much fun minor league baseball is.
Ahhhhhh, Colorado.
One of my favorite hideouts in the world is Lake City. Ever hear of it? One of my classmates in Grad School was a CSU alum from Denver and she hadn't.
And--I asked the wife to marry me on Boreas Pass.
Alright, enough pain already. Take care of Colorado for me. I'll get out there again sometime.