Category Archives: Beer

Outnumbered in Denver

Posted on October 3, 2014 by David and Karen

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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Telluride

Posted on September 13, 2014 by David and Karen

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

Posted on September 9, 2014 by David and Karen

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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Rockaway Beach and Astoria

Posted on August 18, 2014 by David and Karen

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

Posted on August 12, 2014 by David and Karen

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

Posted on August 4, 2014 by David and Karen

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

Posted on August 2, 2014 by David and Karen

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

Posted on July 28, 2014 by David and Karen

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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Rat Hole Brew Pub

Posted on July 21, 2014 by David and Karen

It was a year ago that we were in Bend, Oregon, navigating the Bend Ale Trail, when we stumbled upon the newest brewery in town at the time, Rat Hole Brewing. Because of their excellent brews, delicious food and friendly … Continue reading →

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Durango Eats

Posted on July 15, 2014 by David and Karen

After our failed attempt for pizza in Amarillo, we were anxious to get downtown to one of our other very favorites, Fired Up Pizzeria. We each had the Margherita with pepperoni, well done (crispy) and a Ska Pinstripe. Although that … Continue reading →

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