Bob and I took the advice of my co-worker and took a little trip to Boulder Falls and the town of Nederland today. Boulder falls is a small waterfall in the middle of a mountain and it feeds into a mountain stream.
From there, we drove another 20 minutes further into the mountains to the tiny town of Nederland- Population: 1400, Police officers: 2, things to do: 3. Eat, fish, or raise money for a skate park the town is trying to build.The town was established 150 years ago as a mining town and now is a mountain getaway town for people that don’t want to live in a city. It sits near a pretty large reservoir that boats are not allowed on, but people can trout fish from the shoreline.
We found the town visitor’s center- which wasn’t hard considering there were pretty much 3 streets in the town. The guy working there suggested a restaurant called “Sundance” that has great mountain views- so we stopped there for dinner. It was delicious and the views were amazing! From there, we stopped to get ice cream at the town book store. Yup- a tiny place that serves as the town book store, coffee shop and ice cream shop.
On the way back home I decided I wanted to see Pearl Street- the most well-known street in downtown Boulder. You can’t drive down it. It is paved with bricks and is great to stroll around and check out locally-owned shops and restaurants. The Fall Festival happened to be going on and there was a live band with lots of people dancing- including a tall string-bean of a man in tight bike shorts and a fanny pack. Interesting. Bob found a festival vendor selling hats and decided he wanted to look like a poor British man from 1894, so he got this hat:
I think he looks cute.
