I have been hanging out high in the Colorado Rockies at a friend's place just outside Nederland. If you ever get the chance to visit Nederland, do it. Here are my Top 10 Reasons Why:
#1: The drive up Boulder Canyon is drop dead gorgeous. This 18 mile drive on CO Hwy 119 is right up there with Monterey Peninsula's 17 mile drive -- only no golf courses! Instead you get rushing water, rock climbing cliffs, pine trees and breath-taking beauty around every turn.
#2: Ned-Heads -- that's what the locals are called -- have a definite hippie sub-culture. I don't think hippies are into golf because there is not a golf course anywhere near here!
#3: My daughter spent some time in Nepal so I told her about Kathmandu Plaza in Nederland. She is coming up next weekend to check out the authenticity of the authentic Nepali/Indian buffet. Next door is an authentic Nepali gift shop -- though I suspect everything is made in China! Next door is a place that dispenses authentic medical marijuana to people -- I don't think you even have to be sick!!! See #2!
#4: The town is known for an interesting festival held every March. Back in the 90's one of the locals kept his cryonically frozen grandfather in a shed in his back yard. Made national news. You can pick up a really weird T-shirt celebrating this really weird event that the Ned-Heads call the "Frozen Dead Guy" Festival.
#5: I think I saw the Frozen Dead Guy walking around town the other day!
#6: You gotta love a town whose 4th of July parade is so small that it goes around the turnaround twice!
#7: Nederland is the home of the Carousel of Happiness -- a 100 year old refurbished carousel that is kind of cute but promises more than it delivers!
#8: Tell Branden that Infusion Music needs a Nederland studio to match the home of Caribou Recording Studio, which has produced tunes for Elton John, John Lennon, Crosby, Stills Nash and Young and Dan Fogelberg. Maybe that was John Lennon I saw walking around town the other day! Imagine...
#9: So the other day I couldn't stand it anymore and I went down to Boulder and found a golf course. When I left Boulder it was 85 degrees. When I arrived back in Nederland it was 65 degrees. I thought I would include this to make all my sweaty friends in Texas jealous!
#10: This is a great place to write a book. Ned-Heads keep to themselves. I hear they are friendly but if you want to escape the hustle and bustle of people, you can hide out here forever!
Book Update: For those of you who may be interested, I'm working on Chapter 8 of a 10 chapter book. My editor said he scanned the first 3 chapters and promises to read them and call me by next Friday. If he can find me, that is. By then I might be an official Ned-Head and just hide out here for the rest of my life!!!
If this place only had a golf course....
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