JUST RECENTLY VISITED CO. IN EARLY JUNE. AS EARLY AS THE 70'S I HAD ALWAYS WANTED TO SEE WHAT ALL THE HYPE WAS ABOUT WHEN JOHN DENVER INTRODUCED ME TO THIS ROCKY MOUNTAIN HIGH. BEING FROM SOUTH CAROLINA I AM ACCUSTOMED TO THE BLUE RIDGE, THE SMOKIES, AND UNENDING GREEN FOLIAGE WHICH I LOVE. COLORADO WAS JUST SO VERY DIFFERENT. THE SCENERY WAS ABSOLUTELY STUNNING. WE EXPERIENCED SPRINGTIME, AND A SNOWSTORM ALL IN THE SAME WEEK. THE TINY WESTERN TOWNS, THE OPEN RANGE, THE UNPAVED ROADS, THE MILES OF NEAR DESOLATION WERE ALL AMAZING. THE WHITE ASPENS, THE RUSHING RIVERS, THE WILD FLOWERS, ABSOLUTELY FILLED THE SENSES. THE OLD MINERS CABINS DOTTING THE LANDSCAPE FROM SO LONG AGO INTRIGUED MY IMAGINATION. I AM NOT A GREAT FAN OF BIG SKI RESORTS, AND I KNOW COLORADO HAS THEIR FAIR SHARE. NO FEAR-WE WERE NEVER VERY FAR FROM UNSPOILED LAND OR A REASONABLE DRIVE TO ANOTHER SMALL TOWN WITH ONE OR TWO BUILDINGS HOUSING THE GENERAL STORE, POST OFFICE, AND CERTAINLY BOLD AND PROUD--THE SALOON. THIS STRUCK ME AS HUMOROUS--AS I AM FROM THE BIBLE BELT, AND YES THERE ARE BARS A-PLENTY, BUT LETS JUST SAY WE ARE MORE DISCREET IN OUR ADVERTISING. SPEAKING OF COMING FROM THE BIBLE BELT, WE WERE SURPRISED THAT CHURCHES WEREN'T AROUND EVERY CORNER. THIS IS NOT STATED AS A CRITICISM, JUST VERY DIFFERENT FROM WHAT I AM USED TO. I WOULD LIKE TO COMPLIMENT THE PEOPLE. EVERYONE WAS SO FRIENDLY AND CORDIAL. IT WAS A BIT LIKE BEING AT HOME. THE NORTHEAST COULD TAKE A LESSON FROM YOU FOLKS IN COLORADO. (I DO LOVE THE NORTHEAST, BUT HAVE NOTICED WITH SOME EXCEPTION, BEING CORDIAL IS NOT OVERALL THEIR BEST QUALITY. COLORADO YOU ARE AN AWESOME STATE. AND LAST, I WOULD LIKE TO SEND MY COMPLIMENTS TO GEORGETOWN-ADORABLE, QUAINT , GREAT FOOD AND FRIENDLY.
