Where is your dream place...

[Trek420]

Is Astoria where the theatre festival is? If so I liked it a lot, rails to trails bike trail I think goes all the way up to Eugene, small farms and produce, close to mountains and ocean and there's a good Aikido dojo there. I could tell that it was a problem that jobs were seasonal.

I would like to bike the Blue Ridge Mountains too.

[five one]

Originally Posted by Kimmyt
Oh now you simply MUST tell! Unless you're keeping it a secret! alas, I'm pretty sure it's not near Colorado Springs.. but that would just be too easy!

K.

Sounds like Estes Park, possibly Steamboat Springs. Aspen WAS that way until the celebrities found it in the 70's. I worked there the summer of 1970. It was wonderful.

I grew up in Littleton in the mid-50's through the 60's. If I could have that place back again, I'd move in the heartbeat. It's grown too much, unfortunately. The core of the town I remember is still there, but it doesn't have the same feel anymore. Time marched on. I'd still move back, though. What's left of my family is there.

[IFjane]

Boulder maybe?

Sorry ladies - I've been offline since I posted earlier. The town is closer to the Springs than Boulder (both wonderful places, by the way - but not nearly in the mountains enough & too big a town for me).

ok....if I tell do you promise not to overpopulate the place before I get there?

[IFjane]

Sounds like Estes Park, possibly Steamboat Springs. Aspen WAS that way until the celebrities found it in the 70's. I worked there the summer of 1970. It was wonderful.

I grew up in Littleton in the mid-50's through the 60's. If I could have that place back again, I'd move in the heartbeat. It's grown too much, unfortunately. The core of the town I remember is still there, but it doesn't have the same feel anymore. Time marched on. I'd still move back, though. What's left of my family is there.

five one - the problem with ski resorts is you have to pay resort prices to live there. Steamboat is nice, so is Aspen - I've spent time in both. I absolutely love Breckenridge. In fact, my son has a house there - but it's too expensive & too touristy. No, this small town is even better as far as I'm concerned....
(is the suspense building?? )

[five one]

The chances of me getting back to CO permanently are nil, so feel free to divulge your secret place .

[IFjane]

I would like to bike the Blue Ridge Mountains too.

Trek - this is where I live now - at the foot of the Blue Ridge - and I'll have to say it's my second favorite place to live. The only drawback is the miserable humidity in the summer...

[IFjane]

The chances of me getting back to CO permanently are nil, so feel free to divulge your secret place .

Ok....it's Salida. Small town, wonderful place, right on the Arkansas River...I have photos but not with me. I'll try to bring some & share tomorrow. There's' a stage race there in July - I was there last year and it was fantastic.

[Kimmyt]

Oh, yeah, do tell... odds are that it won't be a-happenin', since all the really great places are near no industry for either The Boy or I (I've noticed a trend that the more i like a place, the less industry there is go figure )

But maybe I can drive through it when I'm out there some time!

[Kimmyt]

Oh, yeah, by Monarch. I'd heard good things about that place! And good things about Monarch as well, being rather underrated/laidback/oldschool.

More incentive to take a ski trip there and check out the town!

K.

[IFjane]

Kimmyt - It's definitely worth a look if you can drive through sometime. It is right off Rt. 50 - don't assume the view from 50 is "it" - you must drive into the town to truly see what I'm talking about.

http://www.fourteenernet.com/salida/

[five one]

Whoo Boy! You've got to REALLY love snow. And cold. And altitude.

I checked the Chamber of Commerce website, though, and it looks like a great place. Sort of like Estes or Telluride without the tourists. I hope you can make it happen someday!

[IFjane]

Oh, yeah, by Monarch. I'd heard good things about that place! And good things about Monarch as well, being rather underrated/laidback/oldschool.

More incentive to take a ski trip there and check out the town!

K.

Let me know when you're going and I'll tag along!

[mimitabby]

Is Astoria where the theatre festival is? If so I liked it a lot, rails to trails bike trail I think goes all the way up to Eugene, small farms and produce, close to mountains and ocean and there's a good Aikido dojo there. I could tell that it was a problem that jobs were seasonal.

I would like to bike the Blue Ridge Mountains too.

No, Trek, that's Ashland, a lot further south.

[Kitsune06]

I think I'll have my dream place soon. a cozy little place, nice kitchen, comfortable livingroom, intimate bedroom- somewhere good to have friends over, entertain and just kick back in the evening/weekends... with the right special someone and a kitty. The company is really what makes any place what it is, to me. It's nice being alone- it is- but when you have the right person there, all the positive attributes of everyday life are accentuated.

[mimitabby]

I think I'll have my dream place soon. a cozy little place, nice kitchen, comfortable livingroom, intimate bedroom- somewhere good to have friends over, entertain and just kick back in the evening/weekends... with the right special someone and a kitty. The company is really what makes any place what it is, to me. It's nice being alone- it is- but when you have the right person there, all the positive attributes of everyday life are accentuated.

Yes, I agree with you Kit; halfway. If we lived in some overhot sweaty humid place I don't care who I was sharing the place with; I'd be miserable.
and when we lost power in December, I quickly realized how UN romantic THAT could be.