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["Chris Clarke" <hstead AT nc.rr.com>]

Gene,

Everyone's been discovering Colorado since the Ute... :D  Before the
"funions" were the Texans in the 70's.

I was there in the second of the three recent discoveries, the early and
mid 1990s.  Moved out 1997 and have only been back twice, both in 1998.
I used to love the Palmer Divide.  Quiet and isolated.  No more I guess,
huh?  

I wonder about Cheyenne Ridge, and the Wiggens area.   I simply can't
believe THAT would ever be developed.  Used to watch storms roll over
the mountains in that area...

Everyone moves to Colorado expecting to love the mountains.   And they
are wonderful.
But the High Plains have a beauty I didn't expect, and think about them
often here in jungle of the east coast.  Alas, << 20" rain a year
doesn't really allow serious development without serious money into
infrastructure.  (as in LA and California)

Both a blessing and a curse.  A long-term drought will turn eastern
Colorado (and western Kansas, Nebraska and the Dakotas) back in the
desert have been in the past.

Chris


-----Original Message-----
From: homestead-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org
[mailto:homestead-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Gene GeRue
Sent: Saturday, June 28, 2008 6:36 PM
To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: Re: [Homestead] suburbia becomes untenable with rising gas
costs



On Jun 28, 2008, at 4:27 PM, Chris Clarke wrote:

> You know, when I lived in CO several years ago, that area was
> practically empty.  Beautiful high plains and elevation nearly  
> 6000ft.  I can't believe it has gotten that built up.

You must use the word "several" loosely. After they Californicated  
Oregon, they discovered Colorado.