As a real estate broker anytime I think about upgrading or changing my home I think about resale, even if I have no intention of selling anytime soon. I want my home to be a place I enjoy but I don't want to have to redo everything when it comes time to sell. Lucky for me I really do like Realt
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10/08/2007
I think Coloradoans are one of the biggest bunch of sports fans out there. It doesn't matter which sport it is we cheer them on. In pro sports there is our hockey team, the Colorado Avalanche, the Denver Nuggets in basketball, the Denver Broncos for football, the Colorado Rockies in baseball a
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10/07/2007
The Old Dillon Inn has closed its doors...for good. Apparently, after 140 years in business the ODI, as it's affectionately known by the locals, is history. The ODI has always had a place in Summit County history. Sometime in the 1800's the town of Dillon was established. They chose the spot
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10/04/2007
Your journey to Summit County, if coming from Denver via I-70, will consist of crossing the Continental Divide through the Eisenhower Memorial Tunnel. For me & I expect for some of you, this is an experience in itself. I grew up outside of Kansas City. Going through a tunnel in KC is driving u
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09/30/2007
Looking back at the things people used to do to survive amazes me. There are so many things people just don't know how to do anymore. Kids cannot do math without a calculator, I wouldn't even know how to begin to can the excess vegetables from the backyard garden, I can't even imagine only having
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09/22/2007
They say that the road to success is paved with hard knocks. I wouldn't know because I'm still trying to get on that blogging success road. I see it and I know I should follow it, but it continues to be on the bottom of my priority list, you know, those items you never quite get to. I've decid
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09/20/2007
Many of the hikes I have done in Summit County have some mining activity nearby. I expect a lot of the trails we use are there because of the previous mining activity. Sometimes we see tailings, sometimes its old mining equipment, maybe building ruins or the mine itself. On this hike to Mohawk
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06/27/2007
DooWop Denny is performing again at the Silverthorne Pavilion at 7pm on June 29th and again August 31st.Denny does a Rockin' Oldies Dance Party, and everyone has a ball dancing to (and with) the oldies. Tickets are $12 in advance, $14 at the door. Two years ago we reserved several tables for ou
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06/16/2007
This is the first in a series about the different neighborhoods in and near Silverthorne. Mesa Cortina is actually not in the Town of Silverthorne, but in unincorporated Summit County. Most residents use the Silverthorne post office and it is in the Silverthorne area in our MLS system. Mesa Co
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06/16/2007
Silverthorne began its life in the 1960s and 1970s as a place for the workers who were building the Eisenhower tunnel to live. According to the Colorado Department of Transportation website, the Eisenhower/Johnson Memorial Tunnels were designed as "twin bores". Construction on the first bore (No
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05/28/2007
