Friday, May 06, 2005
Clouded Memories
About thirty years ago, a couple of friends and I made a road trip from NJ to Golden, Colorado.
The purpose of the trip was to visit the Coors Brewery. Some of you may remember, at that time, Coors was not sold east of the Mississippi. We wanted to experience the brew first-hand.
We set out just after midnight from the Jersey Shore. Thirty six hours later, we were in the parking lot at Coors. It was snowing. Their clocks said 9:30 am. Our clocks were not functioning by this time. We were early for the tour, so we had a couple of beers while we waited. I'm sure we enjoyed the tour because I have pictures somewhere to prove it. After the tour, we had several more beers and they said we should go. We retired to the parking lot where we found enough snow to have a snowball fight. Again we were asked to leave. Fine.
We found the Rockies, turned around and headed back to Jersey. At least, that is what I remember. Some might say it was a long way to go to get a beer. I think it was just about right.
I still love a road trip.
Beer
No trip to Golden Colorado is complete without a tour of the Coors Brewery.
They really have their act together.
In addition to their most popular beer, Coors Light (isn't that redundant?), Coors also makes Killian's Red - I like that one. And Blue Moon. And one that only comes from the local microbrewery at Coors Field is called 'Barmen'. Also known as 7 minute beer because it takes 7 minutes to pour. They don't serve this on the Coors tour, but we found it at the Old Capitol Grill restaurant. I REALLY liked that one.
"Malting" is the process of making the barley sprout, then roasting it and grinding it. Coors has been around since the late 1800s - they survived the prohibition years by selling Malted Milk!
Green beer? Nope, this is Coors' malt beverage - Zima - I tried the green apple and Jim tried the Orange. Tastes exactly like soda pop ... but with 5.9% alcohol.
They are very proud of their flowers here. With good reason.
They really have their act together.
In addition to their most popular beer, Coors Light (isn't that redundant?), Coors also makes Killian's Red - I like that one. And Blue Moon. And one that only comes from the local microbrewery at Coors Field is called 'Barmen'. Also known as 7 minute beer because it takes 7 minutes to pour. They don't serve this on the Coors tour, but we found it at the Old Capitol Grill restaurant. I REALLY liked that one.
"Malting" is the process of making the barley sprout, then roasting it and grinding it. Coors has been around since the late 1800s - they survived the prohibition years by selling Malted Milk!
Green beer? Nope, this is Coors' malt beverage - Zima - I tried the green apple and Jim tried the Orange. Tastes exactly like soda pop ... but with 5.9% alcohol.
They are very proud of their flowers here. With good reason.
Tuesday, May 03, 2005
It stopped snowing, the sun is out, the birds are singing
We finally ventured out of our cozy shell. We also moved to another park in downtown Golden - Clear Creek RV Park. What a nice little town.
Except for that ugly big factory with the smokestacks ... ooops, that's the Coors brewery. Coors is what puts Golden on the map, and apparently they are a very good community citizen. They also give a great 1.5 hour tour with free beer. You can bet we'll do that - as soon as we finish our seminars tomorrow. Jim tells a great story of a road trip when he was 21 ... at that time, they didn't sell Coors east of the Mississippi - so it was kinda special to him and his friends in LBI, New Jersey. 3 guys took off in Jim's truck and, after 36 straight hours of driving, they toured the Coors brewery. Then they drove home with a couple of cases.
Here's Jim standing with a statue of Adolph Coors.
The Clear Creek RV park feels more like a campground. There are only 31 sites and it's right on the banks of this beautiful creek.
And, this creek is developed as a course for kayaks!I hope we get to see a kayak in the water before we leave. No, we're not going to try this with our Ocean Kayak! Ocean Kayaks are meant for just that - oceans - not for quick maneuvers.
Ok, back to our computer work ... Isn't this a great t-shirt for Jim?
Thanx Frankie!
Except for that ugly big factory with the smokestacks ... ooops, that's the Coors brewery. Coors is what puts Golden on the map, and apparently they are a very good community citizen. They also give a great 1.5 hour tour with free beer. You can bet we'll do that - as soon as we finish our seminars tomorrow. Jim tells a great story of a road trip when he was 21 ... at that time, they didn't sell Coors east of the Mississippi - so it was kinda special to him and his friends in LBI, New Jersey. 3 guys took off in Jim's truck and, after 36 straight hours of driving, they toured the Coors brewery. Then they drove home with a couple of cases.
Here's Jim standing with a statue of Adolph Coors.
The Clear Creek RV park feels more like a campground. There are only 31 sites and it's right on the banks of this beautiful creek.
And, this creek is developed as a course for kayaks!I hope we get to see a kayak in the water before we leave. No, we're not going to try this with our Ocean Kayak! Ocean Kayaks are meant for just that - oceans - not for quick maneuvers.
Ok, back to our computer work ... Isn't this a great t-shirt for Jim?
Thanx Frankie!
Sunday, May 01, 2005
Still Snowing
Today is May 1. Doesn't that mean spring? Green grass and flowers and stuff like that? Here's what we see.
I'm sure glad we have WiFi here because the dish ain't workin' so good!
Here's Odie. What do you suppose he's thinking?
Of course, we're here to do our WiFi seminars. Yesterday we only had one person show up - even tho we see at least a dozen people using the system. I guess it just works so well that nobody has any questions?
That one person sure appreciated the individual help!
Then our staff session was great - they kept us going with questions for a full 2 hours. That's the best anyway - cuz then the staff can help the users who come and go.
We're going to stay inside our nice cozy motorhome today - till our next seminar this afternoon anyway.
Happy Mayday.
I'm sure glad we have WiFi here because the dish ain't workin' so good!
Here's Odie. What do you suppose he's thinking?
Of course, we're here to do our WiFi seminars. Yesterday we only had one person show up - even tho we see at least a dozen people using the system. I guess it just works so well that nobody has any questions?
That one person sure appreciated the individual help!
Then our staff session was great - they kept us going with questions for a full 2 hours. That's the best anyway - cuz then the staff can help the users who come and go.
We're going to stay inside our nice cozy motorhome today - till our next seminar this afternoon anyway.
Happy Mayday.
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