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Small Town Parades

My family moved out of the Colorado suburbs to a more rural area when I was 14 and I was thrilled about it. Although it was nice to walk to school in the suburbs and to live in a neighborhood with lots of kids my age and a rec center with swimming pools in cycling … [Read more…]

Eating in Lyons, CO

About an hour northwest of Denver, Lyons, Colorado is a small town at the base of the foothills on the way to Rocky Mountain National Park. In 2013 Lyons was ravaged by a hundred year flood. Most of the downtown area and many homes were under water — the city had to shut down the water treatment … [Read more…]