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Volume 5, Number 19 | June 20, 2013
Bike tour rolls in June 24 By Lynn Burton Sopris Sun Staff Writer
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Contestants limber up their horses before every performance of the Carbondale Wild West Rodeo. The season kicked off June 6 (shown here) and continues at the Gus Darien arena on County Road 100 every Thursday through August 22. For details, see this week’s Sopris Sun Calendar listing or go to carbondalerodeo.com. Photo by Jane Bachrach
$1 TACOS & $1 BEERS EVERY TACO TUESDAY FROM 3:00PM - 9:00PM
he 19th annual Bicycle Tour of Colorado rolls into Carbondale with 1,600 riders from across the United States and foreign countries on June 24. Riders on the 438-mile loop will pedal into town from the east after conquering Independence Pass, then alight for a night of indoor or outdoor camping at Roaring Fork High School before heading up Highway 133 for Paonia on June 25. “Historically, a tour this size spends from $85,000 to $100,000 in each of its overnight towns,” said Carbondale Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Andrea Stewart. To welcome the tour to town, Fourth Street will be closed from Garfield Avenue to Main Street starting at 10 a.m. (Main Street will remain open). The Carbondale Chamber of Commerce and Carbondale Tourism Council will open their beer and wine garden on the Fourth Street plaza at 2 p.m. Entertainment will go from 4 to 8 p.m. with the No Joes and Tjaar (featuring Pam and Dan Rosenthal, Mark Bruell and guests). There will also be food venders, who were offered a total of five spots on a first come first served basis. Volunteers who’d like to help at the information booth, beer and wine garden, and party set up or take down are asked to call 963-1890 or email andrea@carbondale.com. Carbondale is the second stop on the six-day tour, which sets out from Canon City on June 23, with subsequent stops in Buena Vista, Carbondale, Paonia and Crested Butte. After a day off in Crested Butte, the tour resumes with stops in Salida then back to Canon City. As for Bicycle Tour of Colorado nuts and bolts, according to the company’s website: • It’s based in Morrison, Colorado; • The tour stopped in Glenwood Springs at least eight times (1995-97, 2000-2001, 2005, 2009 and 2011); • The entry fee ranges from $370 to $425, depending upon when the bicyclist signs up; • Meal packages range from $116 (breakfast only) to $326 (a total of 17 meals).
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$1 OFF ANY DRAFT BEER LIMIT: 1 PERSON PER COUPON PER DAY. NOT VALID DURING HAPPY HOUR OR ON TACO TUESDAY.