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Travel Blogs from Golden
Coors Brewery
... American west. This made it a novelty on the East Coast, and visitors returning from the western states often brought back a case. This iconic status was reflected in the 1977 movie Smokey and the Bandit, which centered around an illegal shipment of Coors from Texas to Georgia. The company finally established nationwide distribution in the U.S. in the ...
Golden ... the hometown of Coors Brewery
... overnight stop if you are traveling this way.
Onto Golden Colorado for a 10 Day Stay
The Golden Terr race RV Resort we are staying at is another sad story which I will post as a separate entry IF you want to read it. "Resort" conditions aside, we are thoroughly enjoying our time in Golden.
We had the chance to have breakfast last week at the Red Rooster Cafe with our 2nd son, Jon and his wife Terri. Jon is ...
Denver's Delights
... t know a huge amount of whats going on...but is just smiling and enjoying having all the attention of all the family.We ended up having to book two taxis (two SW cars turned out to be cheaper than one Addison Lee one) to take all of our kit. I have never seen so much stuff - 5 huge bags, a travel cot, 2 trukis, 2 hand luggage bags, 3 car seats and a double pram. We may only be going for 6 weeks but it looks like we're off for 6 months!Taxi took us ...
Dinner with Cousin, Game night with Friends
... out a couple of our favorites. We started with our new favorite game, Forbidden Island. Unfortunately, we lost. The island won. To shake off the agony of defeat, we played a game of 4-player cribbage. Not too often you find four people together who all know how to play. Anthony had just learned, however, from their recent stay with our friends Caleb and Becky in Oklahoma. He apparently was a pretty quick learner, because ...
Afternoon at the amusement park.. err.. golf!
We played Fossil Trace Golf Course in Golden.. is supposed to be one of the best muni courses in the country. I'll say it is well kept for a muni, has good practice facilities, and is interesting in that it is built on an old dinosaur fossil excavation site....
.. but it's kind of like an amusement park. There were 10 carts full of people lined up at the entrance line waiting to get in (I mean to tee off the first box) and the starter yells out to the crowd the instructions on how ...