Today was a museum day. I started my day going to the Mines Museum of Earth Science on the School of Mines campus in Golden, CO. This was a small museum, but they had a lot of cool gems and minerals on display. My next stop was the Colorado Railroad Museum. They close at 5PM […]
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Today was another brewery hopping day. I started out giving plasma so I can afford the breweries. Then I went to Four Noses Brewing Co. They had a nice brewery and I hung out for a while there. My next stop was Westminster Brewing Co. This was a low key brewery in a strip mall. […]
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Today I spent the day exploring Boulder, CO. I parked up by the college and then walked to Pearl Street and downtown. In the downtown area, the closed Pearl St to cars and made it all pedestrian. I love when cities do this. It makes exploring so much more enjoyable. I saw a sandwich board […]
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Over the last week I drove up to Denver and have been doing some brewery hopping. I drove up to Denver, CO on the fifth and met up with Ashley for supper and then we went out for a beer at New Terrain Brewing Company. New Terrain is a really nice brewery with great views […]
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Happy Independence Day! Yesterday I checked into my Harvest Host spot for the night and then went to Jak’s Brewery for trivia. I was playing against teams of at least six people and I managed to come in third. I was pretty proud of myself. After trivia I went back to Ascent Brewery for the […]
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Today I visited the Western Museum of Mining and Industry. This was a very cool museum. Outside the entrance they had an old steam engine, steam shovel, a hammer mill, old rail carts and an engine, and some miscellaneous items. Inside they had two restored steam engines and a water pump in the main hall. […]
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The last few days I’ve just been bumming around Colorado Springs, CO. On the 28th I visited a couple more breweries, NANO 108 Brewing Co. and Peaks and Pines Brewing Co. At NANO 108 there was a group of people playing cards and they were trying to find another player for their game. I volunteered, […]
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I had a great day today exploring Peterson Space Force Base. This was the most intensive security that I’ve had to go through to get on a military base. I had to email three days ahead of time, then I had to give my ID and vehicle registration in the visitors center before they let […]
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Today I walked around downtown Colorado Springs, CO. Downtown reminds me a lot of downtown Fargo. There are a bunch of bars, restaurants, and idiots revving their vehicles all the time. I started my day at Phantom Canyon Brewing Co. This was more of a restaurant than a brewery. It was really fancy inside though. […]
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Over the last few days I finished driving up to Colorado Springs, CO. I stopped in Penrose, CO on the 22nd for the night. On my way I was able to see Capulin Volcano National Monument. It was a volcano in the middle of nowhere. I used Harvest Hosts to find a place to park […]
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