Nederland

This creek is in the town of Nederland, Colorado (Ned for short).

Paul, his sister Karen (a resident of Boulder) and I attempted to hike around the reservoir, but a storm blew in and we were forced to spend the hour drinking beer and eating burgers at the Wild Mountain Microbrewery instead.


Just Hiking Ratings:

The Drive: An hour drive from Boulder into the mountains on windy roads with amazing scenery. Thankfully, I was just a passenger and could enjoy.


Other Points of Interest: In March Nederland hosts Frozen Dead Guy Days, a festival commemorating a cryogenically frozen body that is kept in a shed in Ned. We were visiting at the wrong time so didn't attend, but since the festival sounds groovy, Paul bought a T-shirt and I bought a fleece hat to commemorate the event.



.Update: The Frozen Dead Guy Days Festival is up for sale (just the festival--not the corpse!) Twenty thousand people showed up this year, and some of the folks in Nederland are disturbed by the amount of drinking that goes on. See this New York Times article for the skinny:

Frozen Dead Guy Festival Up for Sale: The Man Himself Stays on Ice.