Coco and I went out to Boulder Colo. to have Thanksgiving dinner with her Son. Over dinner his Girl Friend mentioned that a swing band was playing at a venue up in the mountains. Knowing how much we like to dance they agreed to take us.
On Friday night we drove for almost an hour on a twisty narrow mountain road with not one straight stretch of more than 500 feet, halfway there the pavement ended and it became a gravel washboard. As we climbed 3000 feet above the City of Boulder in pitch darkness I kept thinking why would anyone make this treacherous trek for a dance?
When we arrived at Gold Hill, population 300, I was delighted to discover why. The Gold Hill Inn, is a beautifully restored old Log Building built in 1924 when local miners were still taking gold nuggets out of the nearby mining shafts. When you walk through the low slung door you enter a warm/golden environment with retrofitted kerosene lamps. A giant stone fire place stands at one end and a raised bandstand and wooden plank dance floor at the other. One is completely transported to an earlier era.
When the band began playing we started swinging to the mellow sound of a well broken in saxophone.
Not being acclimated to aerobic activity at 8000 feet we were a bit challenged but we danced until we could not dance any more.
All in all it was clearly one of the top 20 most memorable travel experiences of a great life.
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ah ……. Living life Vicariously thru your and coco’s great dancing QOL exploits. Even if I “ could “ walk, I still couldn’t dance … two left feet syndrome yayahahahaya. Sounds like a great find tho.
I liked Denver ( except for the heavy winters ), it had a strong California-ish head space and vibe. Great QOL post.
beautiful poem. I love it. Such sweet expressions with your words. You’re extremely talented 😊I hope to see more from you in here because you’re posts are great 💜💜💜
Love is the most powerful drug on the planet. Coco gets credit for introducing the concept of “love is a verb.” Find someone you like and treat them with Love. We have both become practitioners of this simple concept. Love is something two people create not something you fall into.
I was there in Denver years ago, liked it alot, that is where I had Bison meatloaf and bison burgers and still have then occasionally. Glad both of you had fun.
I used to live in Boulder and have been to Gold Hill many times. The road is indeed twisty and a fair distance. The town is charming. I'm happy you got some increased QOL going there. It's hard to find places like that now.
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