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You probably drove through Lyons on the way to Estes. We lived there for almost 20 years. They call it the "Gateway To The Rockies".

Nederland is a cool town too. Once the home of the world famous Caribou Ranch recording studio, made the town of Nederland and its bars and cafes hangouts for the artists of the 70s like Joe Walsh, Stevie Nicks, Elton John (his Caribou album recorded there) and frequented a small Mexican restaurant in Lyons.

Caribou Ranch was a working ranch. Boulder County bought most of it as open space a few years ago. The ranch's winter space was around Lyons between Hwy 36 and Longmont. The ranch crew in their unmistakable Caribou trucks were regulars at the Lyons watering holes.