Author Archives: David and Karen

Outnumbered in Denver

Shortly after we arrived in Golden I took to the internet to find some breweries that we might have missed when we were here a year ago. I was totally amazed when that list grew to over 50 breweries – … Continue reading

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Autumn Gold

This is the reason we planned to stay in Colorado for the month of September and our timing could not have been better! We made the drive up to Rocky Mountain National Park and continued on U.S. Highway 34 to … Continue reading

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Telluride

One of my very earliest childhood memories is standing with my two brothers by the Big Thompson River and watching a mitten that one of us had dropped float away in the fast moving current. I must have been four … Continue reading

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Uncompahgre Valley

We wanted to spend a week or two in the Western Slope area of Colorado so looked for an RV park that would be centrally located to Montrose, Ridgeway and Ouray. Our other significant requirement, as always, is dependable WiFi … Continue reading

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A Rock Named Smith

Oregon’s Smith Rock State Park is located just outside of Redmond. We have read about it several times, been told by others not to miss it, and even have seen it from the highway. So, we finally took a day … Continue reading

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Rockaway Beach and Astoria

One of our favorite ways to avoid the August heat is a visit to the Oregon coast. And our favorite spot to do that is Shorewood RV Park in Rockaway Beach. They have a couple of RV sites nestled among … Continue reading

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Both Sides Now

From our spot at the Portland/Fairview RV park we made a day trip up the Columbia River Gorge to Hood River. There we knew from past experience that we’d find Double Mountain Brewery. What we remembered most about our last … Continue reading

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Brewery No. 100

In reality we already reached this milestone at some point in the past. But since we only started counting breweries last June (see the blog post that prompted counting here) we can only now officially mark the occasion. I should … Continue reading

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Whole Lotta Brewing

One of the many great things about Bend, Oregon, is all of the beer brewing activity taking place all over town. Even though we didn’t make an attempt to visit them all this year, we did come close. As we’ve … Continue reading

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Redmond

Fifteen miles to the north of Bend is Redmond, Oregon. An internet search showed that there are three breweries with a tap room there, two of which are fairly new, so we made the short drive to check them out. … Continue reading

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