Roaring Fork August 2017

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LOCAL MUSHROOM HUNTING GLENWOOD’S AMISH TOURISM ROCKY MOUNTAIN OYSTERS

MISSOURI HEIGHTS

Beds 5 | Baths 6 | $1,875,000 Here is your opportunity to own in the highly coveted Fox Run Meadows subdivision of Missouri Heights. The home has been meticulously cared for by the original owners. Enjoy the serenity of this beautiful property while watching your horses graze on over 8 acres of irrigated land and as the sun sets take in the unobstructed views of Mt Sopris and the Elk Range.

Web Id#: RF149236

CARBONDALE

Beds 5 | Baths 3.5 | $3,999,000 Located just minutes from Carbondale, this exquisite 29+ acre property offers a five bedroom home, a second home and an eight-stall barn, surrounded by postcard perfect views, and Mt. Sopris at your door step.

This one level ranch home has recently been remodeled and the attention to detail, both inside and out, is outstanding. This home offers a lifestyle any buyer would enjoy. Web Id#: RF149687

Sherry Rubin 970.948.3069 srubin@masonmorse.com

Bryan Cournoyer 970.274.1497

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Beds 4 | Baths 5 | $1,699,000 This impressive home offers timeless style and will fulfill the wish list of most buyers. The incredible attention to detail is very impressive and the floor plan offers a wonderful lifestyle to enjoy valley living at its best. The large living area with vaulted ceiling, custom beam work, inviting kitchen, large main level master suite with fireplace and heated screened-in porch are all topped off with the sights and sounds of the Crystal River. Web Id#: RF149569

CARBONDALE

Beds 4 | Baths 3.5 | $2,250,000 You’ll be amazed by the absolutely breathtaking views, stunning architecture and advanced sustainability of this home! Created by Hagman Architects, and featured in Aspen Magazine, this home is the definition of “no detail was overlooked”. Web Id#: RF149733

Sarah Woelfle 970.319.9583 sarahw@masonmorse.com

Sherry Rubin 970.948.3069 srubin@masonmorse.com

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CARBONDALE

Beds 4 | Baths 4 | $995,000 Dynamic 2-acre parcel! Rural Zoning and no HOA, off of Hwy 82 in Garfield County give you the flexibility to follow your dreams for a home, a business, or both! Rustic log home with ADU and detached 2-level, 1,600+ sq ft garage/shop and finished “rec” room, all surrounded by ponds and fruit trees. Create your own paradise. Web Id#: RF148845

Jamie Maybon 970.309.5552 jamie@masonmorse.com Gabriella Sutro 970.379.3880 gsutro@masonmorse.com

CARBONDALE

Beds 5 | Baths 3 | $1,150,000 Fantastic attention to detail in this refurbished downtown Victorian home.

Five bedrooms, three bathrooms, family rec room, reading room, sun room, and all on a large lot just steps from shopping, restaurants, and all that downtown has to offer. Truly, a special home. Web Id#: RF149418

Patty Brendlinger 970.379.5484 pbrendlinger@masonmorse.com

CARBONDALE

Beds 4 | Baths 4.5 | $1,275,000 Fantastic home in River Valley Ranch located on a quiet cul-de-sac with spectacular views of Mt. Sopris. Just off Hole 11, sits this wonderful upscale home with finishes to please most. Granite counters, Alder doors, built in cabinets, and Ash wide plank wood flooring are just of few of the beautiful features in the four-bedroom, four and one-half bath home. Store all your toys in a heated three car garage. Web Id#: RF149340

Patty Brendlinger 970.379.5484 pbrendlinger@masonmorse.com

To find each property on www.masonmorse.com type in the Web Id# in your property search.

Aspen 970.925.7000 | Snowmass Village 970.923.7700 | Basalt 970.927.3000

Carbondale 970.963.3300 | Redstone 970.963.1061 | Glenwood 970.928.9000

We’re SOLD on an agent who

SHARES MY ENERGY. MISSOURI HEIGHTS

Beds 6 | Baths 5 | $1,325,000 Harry Teague, architect, “creates buildings that can actually uplift the human spirit.” The Silver Metal House is no exception! Simple architectural forms comprised of durable galvanized metal, stands in a landscape of Colorado sage, oak and juniper. Boardwalks lead to spectacular gardens, tennis court, spa, and guest home. The artistic composition of both homes is definitely uplifting. Just seven minutes from Highway 82! Web Id#: RF149275

Jim Cardamone 970.948.2832 jcardamone@masonmorse.com Shael Johnson 970.379.3085 shael@masonmorse.com

CARBONDALE

Beds 3 | Baths 3 | $735,000 Locally built Scandinavian full scribe Ackerman log home nestled within an old growth pinon and juniper forest on 7+ sunny acres with views. Rental apartment over garage. Excellent well water plus extra rights for pond and irrigation. Only 35 miles to Aspen or Snowmass.

Skiing, hiking, biking, rafting minutes away. Private and secluded, mature landscaping, horses allowed. Web Id#: RF148284

Nancy Emerson 970.366.1194 nemerson@masonmorse.com Jason Hodges 970.704.3225 jhodges@masonmorse.com

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Vision. Creativity. Resourcefulness.

Astronomer, author, artist seeks to build an observatory and studio under Colorado’s pristine skies. Enter Bill Blanton, who found just the spot for Astrid and David Aguilar high atop Missouri Heights – the one where they share views to infinity and beyond.

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RECENTLY SOLD PROPERTIES OVER $500,000 NEIGHBORHOOD

ORIGINAL LIST

SOLD PRICE

%SOLD/ ORIGINAL

BASALT Willits Willits Willits ElkRun Aspen Junction Aspen Junction Elk Run Blue Lake Basalt

$995,000 $949,000 $829,000 $799,000 $779,000 $869,500 $699,000 $735,000 $615,000

$899,000 $820,000 $800,000 $773,000 $755,000 $695,000 $671,000 $650,000 $595,000

90% 86% 97% 97% 97% 80% 96% 88% 97%

CARBONDALE Los Adobes Aspen Glen Aspen Glen Crystal Acres River Valley Ranch Cerise Ranch Gianinetti Prince Creek

$1,499,000 $1,325,000 $1,370,000 $895,000 $879,990 $895,000 $799,000 $819,000

$1,240,000 $1,165,000 $920,000 $899,000 $876,500 $845,000 $781,000 $780,000

GLENWOOD SPRINGS Elk Springs Teller Springs Chelyn Acres Ironbridge Sunlight View Pinyon Mesa Westbank Ranch Pinyon Mesa Park East Glenwood Glenwood South Park Mount Sopris Ranch Oak Meadows

$919,900 $759,900 $758,000 $795,000 $725,000 $685,000 $639,900 $614,000 $589,000 $550,000 $555,000 $549,000 $649,000 $539,000

MISSOURI HEIGHTS Aspen Mountain View

$789,000

DAYS ON MARKET

BEDS

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$817,000 $745,000 $725,000 $715,000 $710,000 $675,000 $639,900 $586,000 $570,000 $550,000 $550,000 $530,000 $529,000 $510,000

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(This data is a sampling of sold properties from 6/1/17 to 6/30/17, Source: Aspen Glenwood MLS)

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Lifestyle Letter

Love Where You Live

AUGUST 2017

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or the past few months, vehicles with out-of-state license plates have lined my street in downtown Glenwood. Ohio, Iowa, Arkansas, Nebraska, Wisconsin, Missouri, Maryland: all terrific places, yes, but ones where—c’mon, let’s be honest here—the landscapes aren’t quite as exciting as those in western Colorado.

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Rick French | RFrench@LifestylePubs.com 970-618-8981 EDITOR

Caitlin Causey | Caitlin.Causey@LifestylePubs.com CONTRIBUTING WRITERS

These families have traveled hundreds or even thousands of miles to hike our mountains, paddle our rivers, and experience a bit of the fabled West that they have dreamt about for perhaps their entire lives. Considering this, how amazing is it that we actually get to live here? That the everyday and commonplace in our own experience is someone else’s bucket list to-do?

Kristen Blizzard, Caitlin Causey, Suzanne W. Kirch, Trina Ortega, Nicolette Toussaint, Geneviève Joëlle Villamizar CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHERS

Hannah Arredondo, Trent Blizzard, Bobby Burch, Colleen Kelly, Klaus Kocher, Trina Ortega,

Wow. Most of us in the valley, I think, do hold a deep and abiding gratitude for the opportunity to live in such an incredible area of the country. Our good fortune is not lost on us. And although our mountains and wild places are our first loves, there are still many more aspects of valley life that make this home uniquely ours. This month our writers have delved into a few of these locals-only topics, some of which are a little quirky and unusual. I hope you’ll enjoy reading about them, and that they'll provide even more reasons to love where you live.

Oh, and if you encounter a tourist or two this month, be kind—for they will be returning to flatter and less fabled locales quite soon.

Eric Allen Photo, Nicolette Toussaint

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As s is te d l ivi ng & Respi t e c are

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Publisher’s Letter

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Good Times

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Around Town

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Giving Back

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Healthy Lifestyle

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Locals Only

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Animal Kingdom

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Lifestyle Calendar

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Parting Thoughts

20 Bridges and Broadcasts

How the Valley’s Youth DJs are Connecting the Community

22 A ‘Great and Glorious’ Game

How Bike Polo Became a Sunday Obsession in Carbondale

38 Love It or Hate It: The Roaring Fork Swap

The Untold Story of the Valley’s Virtual Trading Post

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Publisher’s Letter

Only in the Valley

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e live in an outdoor enthusiast’s paradise. Options here are overthe-top crazy: bike riding, fly fishing, golfing, paragliding, hiking, skiing, ATVing on the Flat Tops, or just throwing a stick in the river for your dog.

We all have one thing in common: As residents in the valley, if we can’t cram all our activities into one weekend or one week, there is always after work or the next weekend. After 30 years living in the Roaring Fork Valley, I still look forward to experiencing our surroundings every day. Even with the steady increase in traffic and more new neighbors moving in, the valley’s attractions are still here.

I can’t help but smile when I think of the thousands of tourists spending big dollars just to visit our valley, and when the day comes that their vacation is over they agonize over leaving. Not Me! I live here. Ain’t it great?

Collins. I worked in Denver and commuted every day for five years looking toward the mountains. I used to think to myself, there will be a day when I will live in the mountains. When I finally got a call and was offered a position in Glenwood Springs, my family took the weekend to visit here for the first time. We drove through Glenwood Canyon on a narrow two-lane highway that followed the Colorado River’s bank with our mouths hanging open. All it took was one pass through town and our decision was made. After three decades, we still do not regret our decision to move here.

So when you read “Only in the Valley,” just sit for a moment and think what that truly means. Whatever you decide, you are not wrong.

Rick French, Publisher RFrench@LifestylePubs.com

Consider the alternative. We could be living on the Front Range or worse yet, somewhere in the Midwest. I remember when my family first moved from eastern Nebraska to Colorado and lived in Fort

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Good Times

Wildfest

In July, Wilderness Workshop hosted Wildfest at Owl Farm in Woody Creek. The celebration of the nonprofit's work to protect and conserve our public lands featured live music, food, art, kids' activities, and remarks from Sierra Club Executive Director Michael Brune. PHOTOGRAPHY BY ERIC ALLEN PHOTO.

Board member Karin Teague (left) mans the Wilderness Workshop booth.

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Good Times

Lift Off 4 LIFT-UP

LIFT-UP celebrated 35 years of service to the community in late June, hosting their annual hot air balloon festival, Lift Off for LIFT-UP, in El Jebel's Crown Mountain Park. Among other activities, two stunning morning ascensions delighted the event's balloon-gazers.

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Curious attendees take a peek inside the A balloon operator fires up his aircraft to demonstration balloon. prepare for liftoff.

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Good Times

Wild West Fermentation Fest

Roaring Fork Events, along with several local sponsors, recently hosted the second annual Wild West Fermentation Fest in Glenwood.

Attendees enjoyed fermented Colorado beverages including craft beer, cider, and kombucha. A portion of ticket sales benefited the Glenwood Springs Historical Society. PHOTOGRAPHY BY BOBBY BURCH AND HANNAH ARREDONDO.

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Around Town

AROUND TOWN Local kids get their hands dirty at a CCC summer camp.

ROARING FORK SPICE CO. EXPANDS TO NEW FACILITY After only a year of booming business, Glenwood's new Roaring Fork Spice Co. is expanding to wholesale and moving its manufacturing operations to the Glenwood Commercial building on Highway 82. Owners and spice aficionados Tony de Moraes and Jenn Dockery introduced the company in summer 2016, working from their own home kitchen and making a splash at countless market, gift show, and event appearances across the valley and in other locations around the state. Now that the brand has established itself within the local community, the company is eyeing bigger growth.

“When you bring a product to market, you need to prove the concept," said de Moraes, who put his professional skills as a graphic designer to work developing the brand. "Driving to our first farmers market, we agreed that if we sold five jars, we’d be happy. We sold five before our tent was up—and it just kind of took off from there.”

Roaring Fork Spice Co. offers more than 30 savory and sweet spice blends plus infused local honeys. All are natural and free of preservatives

CARBONDALE CLAY CENTER CELEBRATES 20 YEARS

and gluten. Look for the company's products online at RoaringForkSpice. com, at various summer markets throughout the valley, or at Legends in the Hotel Colorado or Kitchen Collage in Basalt and Edwards.

The Carbondale Clay Center (CCC) invites the community to mark it’s calendars early for the organization's 20th anniversary fête at their facility on Saturday, September 9 from 5-9 p.m. The CCC gallery will feature a visual narrative of the nonprofit's history with photographs, newspaper articles, event posters, and other materials collected from the past two decades.

"The Clay Center is a very special place, and being a part of its 20th celebration is an honor," said Executive Director Angela Bruno. "I hope to use this tremendous milestone event as an opportunity to express my sincere gratitude to the people who helped carry the organization into its 20th year, and to the Carbondale community for 20 years of continuous support."

Local band Pearl & Wood will perform while farm-to-table catering service Field 2 Fork Kitchen provides a family-style dinner served on handmade ceramic dishes by local artists and CCC residents from all over the country. More than 20 of the local artists will each create a series of 10-inch dinner plates for the occasion, which guests will be able to pick out and eat from at the event before taking them home as keepsakes. Tickets are $100. See CarbondaleClay.org for more information, or call the CCC office at 970.963.2529 for ticket purchases and sponsorship details.

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Giving Back Mentor Maija Pettersen with Ricardo Zavala and Laura Carmona.

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ust as the Crystal River is a vital tributary that flows into the Roaring Fork River, the content provided by the Andy Zanca Youth Empowerment Program (AZYEP) is a small but indispensable source of rapid information and entertainment that feeds into the waves of Carbondale’s well-known nonprofit radio station, KDNK. The substance is like water that nourishes, and the programs themselves are akin to bridges, which connect. Combined, the broadcasted material is the intangible means by which the bonds of a community are built and strengthened so that youth can be heard despite not being seen, music can be a common language, and where you live can be secondary in importance to how you live and what you value.

The AZYEP is a valuable program created by Annemarie Zanca, who wanted to honor her brother’s memory, as well as support other precocious local children. According to Zanca, a Roaring Fork School District counselor, her brother Andy stopped by KDNK one afternoon in 1985 and asked about working as an 8-year-old DJ. The station manager, Missy Bowen, gave him the chance. For the next 13 years, until he died in 1998 at age 21, Andy was given a place where, as his sister says, “He could shine. There were adults who cared about him.” In 2000, Zanca was approached by former KDNK Program Director Skip Naft about founding a youth radio program.

Zanca explains, “Something clicked. Radio had been good for Andy, and I wanted to capture the kids’ voices. I wanted them to talk about what they cared about.” With the support of friends and mentors, Zanca was able to found the AZYEP. Now in its 17th year, AZYEP Co-Director Beth Wysong shares, “I think putting kids on the radio can only happen with the support of KDNK.” Gavin Dahl, station manager at KDNK, feels it’s a mutually beneficial situation: “It’s amazing to me how even adults without children love the AZYEP shows. For local people, they remember hearing the kids and almost watching them grow up.” Dahl adds that he views the AZYEP as an opportunity to plant seeds, and “till the soil for the future of radio.” One of those seeds is Finn Windmueller, aka DJ Finno, a 12-year-old student at Liberty Classical Academy in New Castle. As a third-year DJ,

Mariska Knoeppchen, Elton Polio, and Charlee Hertzog in the studio.

he is glad to have a safe place to express himself through music, even occasionally playing songs in his native language: German.

While only a handful of listeners speak German, many more are bilingual in English and Spanish. Having a radio program that broadcasts in a variety of languages creates an atmosphere of mutual respect.

Zanca shares that “It very much furthers KDNK’s mission of community access for everyone.” Wysong points out that Latino DJs tell their parents about the AZYEP, which “allows their parents to find out about KDNK and listen to it.” Glenwood Springs High School student Maija Petterson, a fourth-year AZYEP DJ and recent peer mentor, comments: “I’ve seen that students of different backgrounds can grow to respect each other through music.” A radio program like the AZYEP, supported by KDNK, makes this growth possible.

KDNK also makes it feasible for people from anywhere in the valley to have a constant stream of uninterrupted news and music. Dahl points out, “We want to reflect Carbondale, but we do think regionally.” Listeners call KDNK to find out about weather conditions, ask about local activities, or report a missing pet. Youth DJs respond to these calls, as well as produce their own news shows.

“Involving young people is, in many ways, all about letting your principles of community involvement and quality programming shine. How you foster new connections in your area and enrich the ones you have can help you usher in the next generation of community radio leaders and makers.”

BoostCamp students from Rifle visit KDNK.

These and other aspects of the AZYEP make it unique not only locally, but nationally. The National Federation of Community Broadcasters (NFCB) recognized this by inviting Dahl and Wysong to share details about the AZYEP during the annual NFCB conference in Denver last month. According to NFCB Membership Program Director Ernesto Aguilar, “Involving young people is, in many ways, all about letting your principles of community involvement and quality programming shine. How you foster new connections in your area and enrich the ones you have can help you usher in the next generation of community radio leaders and makers.”

It is the Roaring Fork Valley community’s willingness to make these new connections that will allow many local youth to become the next generation of informed and engaged citizens. To find out more about the AZYEP programming, or to help it thrive, visit AZYEP.org and learn about its role as a truly unique community viaduct.

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Healthy Lifestyle

Cortney McDougall and Jonathan Van Tassel wait on their end of the field for the match to begin.

A ‘GREAT AND GLORIOUS’ GAME HOW BIKE POLO BECAME A SUNDAY OBSESSION IN CARBONDALE

ARTICLE AND PHOTOGRAPHY TRINA ORTEGA

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n a chilly evening in May 2008, during Carbondale’s annual Bonedale Bike Week, a group of bicycle fanatics with the self-proclaimed name Stomparillaz Brigade engaged in a team sport involving riding bikes and using long-handled mallets to hit a ball downfield into a net defended by the opposite team, also on bikes. Similar to horseback polo — the bikes are the ponies in this case — the team that scores the most points wins.

Smitten with their new sport, the Stomparillaz played into the night. Former Roaring Fork Valley resident and instigator Max Cooper described the escapades in a blog:

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The bike mechanics amongst the crowd immediately got to playing and continued to do so until some time around 11-ish, when a silver Volkswagen Jetta communicated with the squad in the City Market parking lot. Darin Binion of Gear Exchange fame was informed by the fellow driving the Jetta that someone had complained (about bike polo, apparently, not the fact that our Xtracycles could demolish his Jetta in lots of tests). “The cops will be here in five minutes, just warnin’ yah.” Upon hearing this amidst heated bike polo, I was quite curious if the cops had heard of Bonedale Bike Week? They had not, nor did they seem to have much interest in the great and glorious game of bike polo. But, hot damn, I sure do. They did want our names. I invited them to ride their bikez out to bike polo Thursday night.

It was the start of a weekly tradition for a handful of valley locals, who continue to meet Sundays at Hendrick Park in Carbondale to play non-competitive matches, practice for select tournaments, enjoy cold beverages together, catch up on the week’s happenings, and get a high-intensity workout.

“I started coming a couple years ago with a few friends, and I was immediately hooked. I’ve been coming every Sunday ever since,” says Carbondale resident Cortney McDougall.

An athlete since she was young, McDougall says bike polo combines her love of bikes and team sports. “Everyone who plays rides bikes. They probably have more than one bike—maybe more than three—well, maybe four bikes,” McDougall says while watching her 12-month-old, Sam, turn the pedal on one of the bikes. Sam was a product of bike polo. McDougall met her husband, Dan Giese, during a Sunday session.

Giese has played since Carbondale’s early days. Friends told him, “Just show up with a bike; we’ve got everything else you need.”

There are two styles of bike polo. Hard court is as it sounds, played on a concrete court with more serious consequences should a player fall. The Roaring Fork Valley crew plays instead on grass, where a fall is more forgiving. And falling does occur, as does laughter, supportive calls of “Nice job!” and camaraderie.

Most players ride fixed gear or single speed bicycles. Mallets are handmade out of ski poles, PVC pipe, wood, aluminum tubing, and the like. Additional gear includes gloves, closed-toe shoes, sunglasses, helmet, and No. 1 size soccer balls. Colorful knee-high socks lend to the panache of what might be considered a bit of an underground obsession.

Binion (mentioned in the blog) has played for more than 10 years. He and fiancé Rebecca Murray live near Hendrick Park and store bicycles, nets/goals, mallets, foldable chairs, and tents for the Sunday gigs. They also pay the dues and make reservations through the Carbondale Recreation Department to officially be on the field every week.

“I will typically work on polo ponies for at least a couple of hours before we play on Sundays. They get beat up pretty bad sometimes and lots of truing wheels and replacing spokes is what I do,” Binion says.

In addition to it being a social hour (or four), players will tell you that bike polo also forces you to be a better bike handler.

“Polo is something that draws me each week because I love to ride bikes and hang out with friends, but riding single track isn’t generally very social,” says Binion, who commutes by bicycle and mountain bikes on the valley’s wealth of trails. “Polo allows you to interact on the field while giggling like school girls. It gives you a workout that you can’t get anywhere else. Sprinting for the ball and chasing it in circles is so much fun. I could go on and on about how much it has helped my riding skills and balance for other cycling activities.”

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Musings of a Modern Forager The Delight of Wild Mushrooms, and Where to Find Them

Choice edible fungi grow most commonly above 10,000 feet.

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here is something indescribable and quietly special about foraging for wild mushrooms. It awakens a hidden drive so dormant that you might not have previously felt its existence. Perhaps it’s a nod to those ancient hunter-gatherer genes, or maybe it’s just one of the most fulfilling ways to experience the natural world as it was meant to be seen. Whatever it is, a fair warning to you my friend: Once you catch the fever, it’s nearly impossible to quell.

My husband Trent and I have been hunting mushrooms in Colorado for about four years now. We started out slowly at first but got hooked after a friend led us to our first “haul.” Every July, we start getting serious about finding our favorite mushrooms in the mountains around Glenwood. Picking typically continues into October, when we often bump into curious elk hunters who wonder about all the tasty mushrooms they might have overlooked.

With the right tools, an ambition to learn, good research, and a little bit of help from Mother Nature, anyone can find and enjoy Colorado’s edible fungi. And yes, you can find them right here in your own Roaring Fork Valley back yard.

CHOICE EDIBLES

In the shadows of our coniferous forests, often hiding in plain sight, are natural treats that will leave local chefs and culinary enthusiasts clamoring for more information: choice edible fungi.

While Colorado is home to over a dozen edible mushrooms, there are two widespread choice edible mushrooms that reign supreme during the summer/fall season in our area: • the porcini mushroom (or king bolete, boletus edulis) • the golden chanterelle (cantharellus cibarius) Either of these mushrooms will fetch you a small bounty in the commercial marketplace; they are highly valued worldwide in the culinary trade for their savory excellence.

You may be surprised to learn that both of them live right here in the Roaring Fork Valley. In season, they are often featured in the valley’s finest restaurants.

THE KING

Our favorite mushrooms are the king boletes, or porcinis. Their nutty, rich flavor is perfect for risottos, soups, and gravies. These mushrooms grow best above 10,000 feet in coniferous forests all over Colorado. They have a special mycorrhizal, or symbiotic, relationship with spruce and fir trees which means you will always find your porcinis growing near these conifers. A great indicator that porcinis are close by is a very showy mushroom called the amanita (amanita muscaria). Do you remember those beautiful red mushrooms with white polka dots that took Alice to Wonderland? They can lead you to porcinis. Just don’t eat them, or you might end up in Wonderland as well—they are poisonous. Both of these mushrooms like to grow in the same environ, so seeing one often means the other is right around the corner.

It’s also interesting to note that there are some trees to avoid when scouting for king boletes. The aspen orange cap (Leccinum) closely resembles the king bolete and loves to grow around aspen trees at the same elevation. We call these “scabbers.” Their stalks are covered in black scales and stain blue when cut. While some people like to eat these mushrooms, we do not. We always avoid hunting in and around aspen stands.

Season: mid-July through mid-September Local areas to check: Sunlight, Ruedi, Vail Pass, local ski CONTINUED > hills, Independence Pass, Grand Mesa A porcini mushroom ready for the picking and eating.

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MUSINGS OF A MODERN FORAGER (CON TI N U ED)

Golden chanterelles are delicious sauteed or featured in pasta dishes.

A cluster of sought-after chanterelles in the wild.

THE CHANTIE

The chanterelle mushroom is the most abundant choice mushroom available here in the Roaring Fork Valley. Our local secret spot, which we affectionately refer to as Chantie Town, has produced pounds and pounds of chanterelles over the years. Their delicate, fruity flavor is like nothing you’ve had before—almost as if you can taste the forest along with a distinct apricot flare.

Truly a delight. We typically find them in coniferous forests above 10,000 feet. These guys grow in small forest clearings or along the meadow edges of the forest, right in the dirt, sand, or duff. Look for orange clusters that can resemble cauliflower florets when in the ground.

Season: mid-August through mid-October Local areas to check: Sunlight, Ruedi, Flat Tops, McClure Pass, Grand Mesa

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So how do you find these elusive fellows? Aside from the tips I’ve already given you about elevation and trees, it’s a good idea to do some map research online before you go. Google Maps will show you elevation lines and its satellite view will also show you the trees.

You are looking for flattish areas above 10,000 feet in coniferous forests near high meadows. All mushrooms take hard work to find.

Do not be surprised to drive an hour and then hike several miles to find your bounty. An average day takes us six to 10 miles on foot plus two hours of driving round-trip.

GETTING IN THE GAME

If your interest is piqued and you’d like to explore the fungus among us, here are a few tips: Increase the pace of your learning curve by joining a local foray. Both the Aspen Center for Environmental Studies (ACES) here in the valley and Walking Mountains in Avon offer local, guided mushroom forays. You have to sign up early as spots fill quickly. You will also find forays during local mushroom festivals.

Telluride, Eagle, Buena Vista, and Crested Butte all offer festivals during the month of August. There are several local Facebook groups you can join where you might find a friend to take you on your first foray and help you with identification. We have placed links to all these helpful groups, events, forays, and recipes on our website, Modern-Forager.com.

Go out several times with someone else who knows what they are looking for. Mushroom hunting is only scary if you are new and on your own. Try asking around, or put it out there on social media; you might be surprised to learn that some of your friends cherish this hobby. Those of us who have experience can tell the difference between edible and nonedible fungi as easily as spotting an apple or an orange. It just takes some time to learn your environments, indicators, and mushroom identifiers.

This hobby will introduce you to the beauty and bounty of nature.

The valley's mountainous terrain and stunning panoramic vistas will take your breath away at times (yes, sometimes literally!). Above 10,000 feet you will see fields of colorful wildflowers, amazing sunsets, frequent rainbows, tons of wildlife, and remote evergreen forests teeming with life. Even if you don’t find mushrooms, your reward of such beauty is always well worth the trip.

Kristen and Trent Blizzard are local WordPress web developers. They are wildly obsessed with edible mushrooms, heading up into the hills at any chance they get. You can follow their foraging adventures and maybe even find a tip or two on their website, Modern Forager.

IMPORTANT TIPS: Never eat a mushroom you cannot identify with 100 percent certainty. Always cook your wild mushrooms before eating. Do not eat them raw!

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Warning: poisonous! To learn the ins and outs of safe foraging, the Blizzards suggest first attending a foray with experienced hunters.

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t a Carbondale rodeo, I sat behind a family in old-fashioned garments, the bearded dad garbed in a broad-brimmed hat and suspenders, the womenfolk wearing prairie dresses, white aprons, and starched bonnets.

Solemnly pledging allegiance as a rhinestone-bedecked rodeo queen lofted the Stars and Stripes, these seven visitors could have been just another vacationing family celebrating America’s agrarian roots.

But I suspected that these folks, sitting with their three remarkably fidget-free, tow-headed boys and two modestly-behaved teenage daughters, might be Amish.

Do the Amish take vacations?

Indeed they do. Over the past few years, Glenwood Springs has become a favored destination for them.

Merle (last name withheld for reasons of religious privacy), who grew up Amish but now practices a more modern lifestyle, is a New Castle resident who belongs to Glenwood’s Defiance Church, which is aligned with the MCUSA or Mennonite Church USA. Merle came here from Ohio in 1982 for a Redstone hunting trip, accompanied by two Amish and two Mennonite friends. Two of those friends now live in Colorado, and Merle frequently reconnects with back-home Amish friends who vacation here.

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Hold Onto Your “Kapp” MEETING THE ANABAPTISTS IN COLORADO

- There's Amish Tourism in Glenwood!

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Both Amish and Mennonites are Christians who trace their history back to 16th-century Anabaptists in Switzerland. The name “Anabaptist” references re-baptism, a belief that one should be baptized into their faith only when they’re old enough to make an informed decision and commit to living up to the Lord’s teachings.

Various Mennonite and Amish groups interpret those teachings differently. The more conservative among them live according to an “ordnung,” a set of rules that govern how Old Order Mennonites and both Old Order and New Order Amish live. Most Amish are at least bilingual, speaking a German dialect also known as Pennsylvania Dutch; the word “ordnung” is German word meaning “rule” or “discipline."

We outsiders—the Amish often call us “the English” regardless of where our roots lead—usually can’t distinguish between Old Order Mennonite and Amish sects. While both are pacifists and many opt for “plain dress”—a trait they share with fundamentalist Mormons as well—the Amish are reclusive. They avoid modern technology and generally dodge outsiders. Most Amish won’t allow themselves to be photographed, believing that photos of people are “graven images” forbidden by the second commandment. Most Amish don’t connect to the electric grid and they don’t own or drive cars.

Old Order Mennonites, in contrast, live in English communities and use technology. Rather than separating themselves from the world, they take a missionary approach to improving it.

The Mennonite Central Committee, founded in 1920 to assist Mennonites in the Ukraine during a famine and operating in the U.S. from headquarters in Pennsylvania, has become a worldwide, pacifist, disaster-relief organization that helps people from all backgrounds. It lends a hand during famines and helps refugees. It promotes fair trade and states online that it bears "witness against forces that contribute to poverty, injustice, and violence."

With a personal history spanning both cultures, Merle remains friends with Amish families in Ohio, a state that’s now home to more Amish than Pennsylvania, site of their original communities.

While practicing Amish won’t speak to reporters, Merle is willing to share his knowledge of the community. Asked why the Amish choose to vacation here, he replies, “Glenwood is a good place for people who don’t drive. You can get here on the train, and the motels are within walking distance of the station. You can take the bus to places like the Maroon Bells and the Carbondale rodeo, too.” He adds, “The Amish don’t drive or own cars because they believe that they disrupt community life. They don’t see anything evil in automobiles, but they believe that their community is stronger without them. They feel the same about TV. They’d rather spend the evening playing games and reading to their children.”

Merle says that while Amish visitors don’t like local pot shops, “Glenwood seems to be a clean town, with not a lot of crime.” The locals are welcoming and the area includes plenty of family-friendly activities: hunting, fishing, and hiking among them. Merle says the Amish love the rides at Glenwood Caverns Adventure Park. Plain dress aside, they’re not limited to sedate activities; one can see them on the giant canyon swing, on bicycle outings, and on river rafts.

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An Amish girl wearing a white "kapp," which draws its name from German. Many Amish speak English for business and with outsiders but read, sing, and pray in standard German. They speak to each other in a dialect called Pennsylvania Dutch.

Amish and Old Order Mennonite families frequently travel on Amtrak, coming and going from Glenwood's historic train station in the summertime.

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HOLD ONTO YOUR “KAPP” - THERE’S AMISH TOURISM IN GLENWOOD! (CON TI N UED)

“When the girls go horseback riding or paragliding, they sometimes wear sweatpants under their dresses,” Merle confides. “One way to tell whether they’re Amish or Mennonite is to check out the women’s dresses. If they’re wearing printed fabric, they’re Old Order Mennonites—not Amish.”

With some exceptions, apparently. I recently struck up a conversation with a plain-dressed woman at the Qdoba Grill in Glenwood Springs. Despite her pattern-free dress, Sarah said she was Old Order Mennonite, not Amish.

“Are you vacationing here?” I asked.

“A little. We’re on our way back after spending a few days in Denver. We,” she replied, gesturing to her suspendered-and-bearded husband, “live in Hotchkiss.”

“Hotchkiss! I love that town. We,” I gestured toward my own beardless husband, who was wearing a turquoise, Western-styled shirt, “We go there every August. We bring back peaches and apricots and freeze them.”

“We do that too. From our own orchard.”

“Hotchkiss is fairly small. I would guess you’d recognize most of the local Mennonites here in town?” (The online Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia notes that Hotchkiss is home to a 54-member Amish-Mennonite congregation.)

“I do indeed,” Sarah replied. “But I see lots of folks here who aren’t local. I’d guess they’re visiting from Ohio or Pennsylvania.”

In 1991, the U.S. Amish population numbered around 123,550.

By the 2010 census, it had swelled to 249,500, causing crowding and rising land prices. For many, that sparked a move out of their original Pennsylvania and Ohio communities. The Amish diaspora now lives in 28 states, Colorado among them.

Both Amish and Old Order Mennonites attempted to establish communities in Colorado’s San Luis Valley before World War I, but most didn’t last. However, because Colorado was home to five Civilian Public Service Camps, centers established by the 1940 Selective Service Act to enable conscientious objectors to provide public service during wars, many more pacifist Anabaptists came here during World War II, the Korean conflict, and Vietnam.

Many stayed and established communities. Colorado’s Amish and Old Order Mennonite population probably now numbers around 4,500 souls.

Last summer, having been charmed by a rocking chair I found at a San Luis Valley bed and breakfast, I sought out its maker. He lived near Monte Vista, Colorado’s oldest, and now largest, Amish community. After following the horse-and-buggy signs down Route 285, I was welcomed by Ab Yoder, who showed me his greenhouse, let me sample heirloom tomatoes, and admire his buggy, which sports a Broncos sticker! (That and his cellphone made me suspect that Yoder is New Order Amish. They differ from Old Order Amish by allowing solar power and cellphones, but disallowing tobacco use.)

After viewing Yoder's huge woodshop, which accommodates both carpentry and community worship, we trekked to a storage shed and I picked out a rocker.

It's a treasured connection to these gentle and principled people, both those who visit and those who have chosen to live in my home state.

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Amish girls and women wear both white caps and black bonnets. Bonnets are larger and are often worn over the kapp, usually outdoors.

Many Old Order Mennonites and Amish enjoy pedaling through Glenwood Springs and other areas of the Roaring Fork Valley.

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ROCKY MOUNTAIN OYSTERS

The Valley's Not-So-Awful Offal Seeks Adventurous Eaters

Head to Doc Holliday's Tavern in Glenwood for fried Rocky Mountain oysters with cocktail sauce and french fries.

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GO N A DS, A N YO N E? Among many organs, prepared in many ways, Fischbacher enjoys them. He even served them at a Sustainable Settings affair last summer. So how does he like to prepare them?

“Fried. Ideally, freshly harvested. You put them in the milk, you peel them, slice it thin as possible. Little salt, pepper, nutmeg. Dredge it in flour, egg, bread crumb. Reality is, it’s almost tasteless. If you fry it nicely, soft, not too much, it’s very delicate—with some texture—just a nice piece of meat!” he exclaims. “Then there’s the other side, sauteed like a liver—hot pan, onion, garlic; glaze it with white wine or red wine, make a nice little sauce out of it. Then serve it with mashed potatoes.

It’s a straight cut, we don’t smoke it or make a sausage.”

Fischbacher often finds his local diners too squeamish to dive in. Instead, he explains,“You’ll find it in communities like Delta, these older farming communities.” Indeed, consuming these cute little cow cojones has been a gustatory cowboy celebration of the spring branding season for over a century.

“Gen X,” he laments, “is the cut-off. Interest has disintegrated slowly.” He shrugs his shoulders and tosses off in that charming accent, “Really—it tastes like veal scallopini.”

What’s not to like?

Watching the cuisine scene, Fischbacher holds hope for oddities like testes. Millennials, he sees, in their desire for a more rooted way of life, are frequently open to more adventurous foods. Humane husbandry and butchering are mainstream cool now with the younger generation, but it takes a larger population than our valley communities to sustain the consumption of offal. “Snout to tail sounds great, but there are many pieces in between, and the pieces in between are not for everybody. You have to develop a taste for it.The chef is going to cook everything he can cook, but if the customer doesn’t eat it? It’s totally consumer driven.”

If you’re hell-bent on trying Rocky Mountain oysters after reading this story, you’re in luck. Doc Holliday’s Tavern on Glenwood’s main drag serves them tourist-friendly, breaded and fried with a cocktail sauce (puns aside). The Pour House, two doors west of Allegria in Carbondale, offers them up with horseradish, ranch, or BBQ sauce. Or, for a more refined experience, cross your fingers and hit up Ajax Tavern’s sixth annual Rocky Mountain Oyster Festival in Aspen this Labor Day. Last year’s event had bison ball “lollipops.” Truly. Past years have seen freshly procured protein packages courtesy of Carbondale’s Milagro Ranch. Let’s see how the Tavern spins a twist on them this year.

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lippery, with bits of “resistance” in the chewing.

Tender, juicy.

Light; a crispy coating, similar to soft-shell crabs.

Or, to others, somewhat like chewing on a slice of batter-dipped, deep-fried cartilaginous ear.

Rocky Mountain oysters, tendergroin, dusted nuts, swinging beef—all colorful monikers for one of Colorado’s more notorious offerings: bull, pig, buffalo, or sheep ‘nads.

Although the local name would suggest otherwise, Rocky Mountain oysters are not wholly unique to Colorado.

Animal testes—loaded in protein, vitamins, and nutrients—are consumed the world over. Consumed except, that is, in many “modern” countries (like ours) where butchering animals and partaking of the tail, the snout, and everything in between is not a common practice. This includes eating, um, those swinging sacs that get the job done.

Testicles: yep. And not so much “aw·ful /ôfəl/,” but the word’s homonym “offal.”

Offal is the byproduct often cast away after an animal butchering. These organs and extras are frequently regarded as the poor man’s meat—but by no means are these awful in terms of flavor, texture, or the creative resourcefulness exercised in preparing them: madeira-braised chicken comb, pickled pig’s feet, oxtail soup, beef cheeks, neck meat. Spleen, skinned and stuffed.

Stomach, too, cleaned and stuffed. Brain turned to mousse or soup. Liver to parfait.

Andreas Fischbacher, owner-chef at Allegria on Carbondale’s Main Street, grew up on offal. His descriptions of these delicious meals, stewed in his thick Austrian accent, cause his face to light up as he eases back into childhood memories. As one of ten, raised on a family farm in the Austrian countryside, eating “all of it” was the norm. “I grew up with this stuff. We had pretty much everything on our own,” he remembers. “We didn’t go to the grocery store until they came around, maybe when I was 12.”

Clearly, Fischbacher has a solid background in unusual cuts and organs.

“I had Rocky Mountain oysters on the menu when I opened Allegria to see how the market would react.

When it’s a novelty, people are much more interested,” he admits. “We tried a few things—we fried it, served it with a remoulade, put it in a potato salad. It didn’t do too well; we sold maybe four or five.”

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“Put it on the Swap.”

If you’ve ever had something taking up space around your house, this is what many a local will advise you to do if you need it gone. Put that old refrigerator, mattress, camper, crib, bridesmaid dress, or lawn mower on the Roaring Fork Swap and kick back as the offers to whisk it all away come rolling in from across the valley.

But what exactly is the Roaring Fork Swap? Who runs it, and how does it work? Often referred to as simply “the Swap” for short, the free service operates as a private Facebook group some 22,000 members strong—a staggeringly large percentage of the population from Aspen to Parachute. If you live in the valley and have a Facebook account, chances are you’ve joined.

Part virtual yard sale, part announcement board, and part community Q&A forum, the Swap has become a vital resource for many since its inception about seven years ago. Driven by a massive usership and the careful oversight of a trio of administrators, it’s a live portal to all things hyper-local. This makes the Swap not only an incredibly useful resource but an addictive one, where many members comb the page day after day searching for deals, freebies, neighborly discussions, and recommendations.

Sometimes though, say its administrators, the group can become a bit of a circus. Admins Jess, Ray, and Sylvia (last names withheld for privacy) are often called to monitor questionable interactions or extinguish user disagreements.

“We’ve seen fights, and people being tough behind their keyboards and computer screens,” Ray says. “But it’s important for everyone to remember that we’re all locals. I think people end up shooting themselves in the foot sometimes if they get into an argument, because we all know each other for the most part or have mutual friends.”

Not only is the Swap a great place to get rid of your old stuff, it’s a great place to procure others’ old stuff, too—and locals aren’t afraid of cleaning out their closets and posting just about whatever they find in them. You can get kids’ items, outdoor gear, and furniture through the page, sure—but have you ever wanted a 30-pound box of baseball cards? A mannequin? A used dancer’s pole? How about a collection of heavy metal cassette tapes, or your very own ‘90s-era diesel dump truck? These actual Swap items are definitely unusual, but Ray says that sometimes things can get even weirder.

“We had a bottle of Miralax one time,” he recalls. Was this a joke?

Hard to say.

“There was also a person selling 120 half-used bottles of tequila,” Ray says with a chuckle, adding that the post was promptly removed.

“And sometimes there are dating posts saying ‘I’m single,’ or Missed Connection-type posts,” he adds, referring to the notorious Craigslist section for secret admirers.

At first glance it seems that on the Swap, pretty much anything goes—but that isn’t quite the case.

The Roaring Fork Swap currently boasts about 22,000 members. If you live in the valley and you're on Facebook, chances are you've joined the group.

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Sylvia and Ray are two of the Swap's administrators.

They enjoy overseeing the Facebook group because it provides a valuable resource for the community.

“Facebook has regulations that we as administrators have to enforce,” says Jess. “No firearms or alcohol, and no drugs of course.

There are other rules as well. Especially in regard to guns, there is no way for us to know or be able to prove that the sale of guns is legal on the Swap, so we have to remove these posts. Sometimes people take this personally and get really angry about it.”

All three Swap administrators have received heated or even aggressive messages from disgruntled users, their complaints ranging from deleted posts to disputes about payment for listed items.

So why do they keep doing what they do? Each admin spends nearly an hour a day volunteering to keep the Swap in line.

“I just feel that it’s a really important community resource,” Sylvia says. “In lots of different ways. The three of us could always just pass the baton to someone else, but we would hate to see it turn into a page where people are allowed to bash each other. Plus, it’s very revealing how much stuff we’re keeping out of the landfill—items can be sold or given away for someone else to use rather than ending up in the trash. It’s amazing.”

The others agree, noting that the Swap’s benefits to the community outweigh its shortcomings.

“For the most part, it actually functions pretty well,” Jess adds, as Ray concludes simply: “It’s just too good of a resource to give up.”

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August AUGUST 3-6

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AUGUST 11

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HOOTENANNY WITH THE HEATHENS

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The Carbondale Creative District and KDNK Community Access

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Radio invite the community to celebrate the first anniversary of the

Come see an amazing cast of local performers aged seven to 14 years

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local favorites the Mile Markers will perform for free. Food and brews

AUGUST 4, 11, & 18 THE FRIDAY AFTERNOON CLUB

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GLENWOOD CAVERNS ADVENTURE PARK

AUGUST 12

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Parting Thoughts

ARTICLE CAITLIN CAUSEY

A MIDSUMMER

Scheme Night’S

MAGIC, MISCHIEF, AND COMMUNITY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD

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n summer evenings, just as that friendly mountain shadow creeps across downtown Glenwood and brings its merciful shady coolness to all in its wake, I like to go for neighborhood walks.

Sometimes I hoof it up the Doc Holliday trail or stroll along Grand Avenue and peek inside the shop windows, but mostly I just meander through the residential streets around my house in the historic district. If it’s true that simple pleasures bring our finest riches, these twilight walks make for a pretty wonderful asset.

I left around dusk on one such excursion earlier this summer, hoping to loop around a few blocks and make it home before the stars came out. I love to admire the homes and gardens in my neighborhood, so I chose a quick route that would lead me past a few of my favorites: the green two-story with the lovely roses, the beige cottage with the hollyhocks, the great gray Victorian with the downy tufts of snow-on-the-mountain planted all around. The houses looked so charming in the waning light, so perfectly Glenwood, all illuminated from within by the lamplight of after-dinner relaxation and togetherness. Feeling satisfied, I turned for home.

Then the sprinklers at the gray Victorian turned on. I hopped to dodge them, catching a little cold mist on my ankles, and glanced down to watch where my feet landed on the sidewalk. It was then that something peculiar caught my eye.

Before me was a series of chalky hopscotch squares, colorful arrows, circles, symbols, and words, all scribbled in the hand of a young human and spanning at least the length of the block. What was this, a trick? Some scheme to entice me to an unknown location?

This was no ordinary chalk drawing. What did it all mean? At first, it was difficult to decipher: some of the symbols had been washed away by the sprinklers, and the rest was obscured by the dim light of impending nighttime. I squinted; looking closer, I determined that the words instructed me to follow along and keep going.

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Hm. A clever game, I thought. Very clever.

I obliged them and followed to the corner. The sidewalk, it seemed, had been transformed into a kind of interactive treasure map, or an activity path for lucky passersby such as myself to enjoy. Symbols darted here and there, hand-drawn stepping stones kept me going in the right direction, and best of all were the thoughtful notes of caution surrounding each dip and crack in the concrete: “Watch out for this one!” they implored.

I stopped at the point where my own steps needed to circle back home. The sidewalk game instructed me to turn in the opposite direction, but I went rogue. I glanced up to the next block and the next, where it appeared that the fun continued much deeper into the neighborhood. There I half expected to see a chest of gold coins placed somewhere along the way, or at least a couple kids waiting for me in the bushes with a bucket of water balloons. But, the newly fallen night seemed quiet and unadorned with the sparkle of treasure, so I decided to leave the remainder of the quest for some other charmed wanderer to undertake. Perhaps they could venture bravely on and discover whether the grand finish did indeed harbor some magic (or mischief).

Thinking back on that evening, I feel so happy to live in a place where such neighborhood delights exist. A creative young person had a terrific idea, and their parents let them go out and execute it, and their neighbors didn’t mind when the sidewalk in front of their homes was scribbled with childhood fancy and freedom. Some might say that community, real community, is disappearing from the American townscape—but I beg to differ.

It’s here in Glenwood, and it’s alive and well in neighborhoods across the Roaring Fork Valley; it’s just sometimes most apparent in the fine print, that good-natured chalky stuff obscured between daylight and nightfall.

Keep drawing your sidewalk treasure maps, kiddos, and I’ll keep following them. Maybe I'll begin my walks a bit earlier, too, to give myself time to cross their finish lines. And if you happen to chuck a water balloon in my general direction as I pass, I might not even mind.

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