If you live in Houston Texas and you can afford to take 4-6 wks off, you leave town in the summer for a cooler climate. For the past several years, Covid excluded, I have gone to Spain and Italy for the Mediterranean climate. Crisp and cool early in the morning, dry and warm as the day heats up and a very pleasant evening. Last summer was a bit of a disaster. Oh the weather was fine, it's just that every American who was pent up during Covid decided to visit Southern Europe. Many of my favorite spots in Barcelona were not even reopened probably due to lack of help. The airports, all of them, Heathrow, Barcelona, Paris, Frankfurt were all a mess. Not enough ground crew or security personnel to move the unexpected surge of tourists.
So this summer I decided to stay home; US that is, and rented an apartment in Boulder, CO. I visited my cousin Bruce in the Denver area, who spent his profession life with Regal/UA theaters. He managed to install a home theater and this is the old 35mm Reel type projector.
Now Boulder is an interesting city of 110,000 people, 31,000 of which are Colorado U students who aren’t around in the summer as there is no on campus summer session. The town is full of nature freaks who love to walk, hike, cycle and just gather outdoors. The town is nestled right up against the Rockies and there are numerous hikes and paths that I could reach by walking 5min from my summer rental. I spent every morning on a 3-6 mile walk or hike. Lots of healthy food but historically warm temps. I really didn't get to cool down as I had planned. It was cooler than Houston, but I didn’t put on a long sleeve shirt or slack the entire month.
Here are some pics of the scenery in the neighboring area.
