Denver, CO Thread Location • Page 9

Seems like every ski trip this winter has been a traffic nightmare. 4-hour drive to WP on MLK weekend because 70 was a parking lot starting east of 470. This past weekend we got stuck in Silverthrone on Sunday when they closed the tunnel for 4 hours. Left Copper at 2:30 and didn't make it back to Denver until almost 11. My friends and I have been thinking about the train to WP for a while, so might need to give that a try.

 

We had a weekend snowshoeing trip in Black Hawk a few weekends ago and went up 36 through Boulder and then down through Nederland instead to avoid 70 haha.

 

To anyone in here who uses RTD, they are conducting a survey on a new fare structure. Two options are there for consideration. RTD has a ton of issues beyond fare, but I think making it less cost prohibitive would be a big step to increasing ridership, so if you've got thoughts let them know here: https://www.farefeedback.rtd-denver.com/

 

Is anyone else getting swarmed by moths this year?

 

Yeah, I first noticed it last night actually. Really bad

 

Yep, horrible.

 

Yea but don’t kill them please they’re nocturnal pollinators and are good food for bears and birds in the mountains

 

Oh yea, I always go catch and release for bugs in the house. I like moths in general too. They just seem to have had a population explosion in the last week.

 

My son and I like the capture them and release them "to go find their families". They are definitely not kill on sight bugs in our house.

 

Every time I open my sliding door to the backyard I get hit in the face with a moth

 

The hail was insane today. Though it looks like Boulder got way more.

 

Just a bit of rain here in north denver.

 

Went is Elitch Gardens today. It is a chaotic place.

 

Is that the run down one or is that Lakewood?

 

Lakeside is the rundown looking one in Lakewood. Elitch is the one downtown.

 

I honestly thought that place was abandoned

 

Lakeside has been rundown looking for 30 years

 

Yeah I was gonna say we moved here in 1998 and it looked abandoned then lol

 

Considering moving from Montana to Fort Collins. Pros? Cons?

 

I moved there last year with my family from CA and we loved it. It's a large city but there are lots of parks, tons of greenery, and everything you could want in terms of stores and what not. Super safe too, from what I could tell. It's kind of a pain to get across just with how sprawling it is, and it's getting expensive in terms of housing, but those are my only real complaints.

 

Pro: leaving Montana
I kid Montana is beautiful their politics just suck ass

 

Correct hahaha

 

To give you a real answer, Fort Collins is cool. It's big enough to always have something going on but small enough that traffic isn't usually bad like it is in Denver. There's a shitload of breweries if you're into that. It's also a college town so take that for what you will. They also have municipal provided internet which is awesome because Xfinity has a monopoly on most of Colorado

Another pro, the annual Tour de Corgi, which is happening this Saturday. 1,000 corgis walking through Old Town in costumes

 

Yeah, the municipal internet was really good.

 

Fort Collins is a really cool spot. As others have said, it's really pretty, has easy access to a lot of outdoor activities, there's a lot to do downtown and it's relatively walkable. I also think it has an underrated music scene. There are a few really cool smaller venues there that typically bring a lot of acts from the punk/emo/metal side of the spectrum.