We spent two days in Estes Park, mixing it up a bit. Minigolf, pizza, bumper boats, and yes, we even went hiking up above Bear Lake. We hung out a couple of times at Kind Coffee, where D and M played cards while I drank coffee and uploaded photos.
The coffee place is located at the lower edge of town, about where the police had closed off the road on that wet night back in late July, 1976, when the Big Thompson canyon washed out. When I hitched up the canyon late that afternoon, the dark clouds had been impressive, but the rain hadn't started yet. I spent hours that evening walking through hard rain and constant lightning back and forth from town to the park entrance, trying to find a dry place to hide. I still have a copy of the next day's Rocky Mountain News.
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