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Originally Posted by twobjshelbys
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.
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Yes, we usually go through Boulder, and turn west at Lyons.
One of my favorite routes.
The recording studio was used in a Stephen King story, "Revival". Although he called it something else.
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Originally Posted by twobjshelbys
Cobras are like motorcycles - one rarely deliberately heads into the center of a thunderstorm But in Colorado they come very fast. My experience with the windshield is similar. Rain flows over your head but seems to weep over and then back down the inside. The defroster was useless. Back of my hand wiping rain drops off the inside. |
That pretty much sums it up. In CO, it can rain very hard. Sleet, snow, and hail can move in very quickly and unexpectedly. But it rarely precipitates for very long. Keep driving, and you'll be out of it in a couple of minutes. Stop to put on rain gear (or a top) and you're soaked.