Close to Galt's Gulch, maybe a better site?

Posted by JohnRandALL 1 week ago to Pics

I just returned home to Colorado Springs, after spending a week in Telluride. One of the most breathtaking places i have ever stayed. It was beautiful, with the leaves changing. And very close to Ouray, the inspiration for Galt's Gulch.

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Posted by SpiritWoman 1 week ago

Once upon a time it was beautiful. Now it has been degraded by many things: liberalism, etc. And Obamma's insistence that smoking pot should be made legal, starting in the Springs. He always liked John Denver's song, Rocky Mountain High, not understanding the higher level emotions involved.

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  Posted by JohnRandALL 1 week ago
  
  True, the liberals are ruining Colorado. And ski resorts, like Telluride, are often uber liberal hot spots. But with all the millionaires there, there is no crime, no homeless allowed. Streets are spotlessly clean. People leave their homes and car doors unlocked (imagine that in Colorado Springs). The super rich are ok with liberal ideas because they are immune to the side effects, isolated in their palatial homes, in protected communities. And there were lots of Harris signs, and cannabis shops. My wife and I actually got off the gondola when a guy jumped on and reeked of marijuana!
  
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    Posted by SpiritWoman 1 week ago
    
    I haven't been to the high peaks in quite a few years, not since the insurgence of weed, at least. It used to be Boulder where the University of Colorado is located, was the only liberal area in Colorado, and we referred to it as "Fifty square miles surrounded by reality", but unfortunately...
    
    You said gondola, is that the gondola in ballooning or skiing?
    
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      Posted by JohnRandALL 1 week ago
      
      The free gondola that goes from Mountain Village, over the mountain, to Telluride. Connects the ski resort area with the town.
      
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        Posted by gafisher 5 days, 2 hours ago
        
        Define "Free" ...
        
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        Posted by JohnRandALL 4 days, 19 hours ago
        
        Free means free. It is the only free gondola in America. Part of the deal made between the town of Telluride, and the ski resort of Mountain Village on the other side of the mountain, when Mountain Village was developed.
        
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        Posted by gafisher 4 days, 19 hours ago
        
        That's great, @JohnRandALL! I was thinking maybe it was funded by public monies, which of course would not be "free" at all.
        
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        Posted by JohnRandALL 4 days, 19 hours ago
        
        It is now partially funded from the Mountain Village Homeowners Association, but it is a free ride for everybody, including visitors. And it runs from early morning until midnight. Riding it at night is interesting. Total darkness except the lights of the town below, and total silence.
        
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        Posted by SpiritWoman 1 week ago
        
        Must be something new. Does it have a 'name' I can search on the internet?
        
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        Posted by JohnRandALL 1 week ago
        
        https://www.telluride.com/site/assets...
        
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Posted by Abaco 1 week ago

Colorado is beautiful. I was just had a conversation with my son this weekend while we were fishing in an isolated, beautiful place within California. Explained to him that liberals like to take over the most beautiful places and that they get away with it because conservatives are too busy trying to earn a living and feeding their families. They'll eventually, soon finish their work with the Dakotas, Idaho, Texas and maybe even Wyoming.

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Posted by BobCat 1 week ago

I remember often visiting Telluride in the mid to late 50s when it was still a thriving mining town... what a wonderful place it was back then... before the hippies moved in ... then came the developers ... then the ski bums ... then the californians... then big money ... and the pot heads...
No thanks! It ceased being an enjoyable place for me long long ago, for 'civilization' has destroyed it. At least I have wonderful memories of it's wonderfulness when I was an early grade schooler. Such a shame!

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  Posted by SpiritWoman 1 week ago
  
  In the 1990's Highlands Ranch, an up-scale suburban development just southwest of Denver, was referred to as: Little California.
  
  Silicon Valley invaded Paradise.
  
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Posted by JohnRandALL 1 week ago

Tried to add a picture, but unsuccessful.

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