Not Going Anywhere for a Bit

Originally Posted by case
Yeah, really, els. Actually, it is about down to 10" and the streets are dry. That's kind of how it works in CO. It might dump on us, but it will be gone in a few days.

That's when Denver gets flash flooding. I lived there for a half year (winter-spring) while attending a joint service school at Lowry AFB. Following a blizzard and rapid thaw, there was a flash flood while driving to the base. From the high road I was on, I saw a helmeted head seemingly floating out in the middle of an intersection. It was a motorcyclist who didn't know that the roads dipped steeply down several feet at their crossing. The biker probably thought he was going to plow through the water and just get his boots wet. A neighborhood man went to the biker's assistance in a canoe!

In better weather, I used to bicycle from Denver up past the Coors factory, through Golden, and further up into the foothills. It was a lot of work getting there (used some low gear ratios); but, what a blast coming back down! Passing through, I found Golden to be quaint.