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My first pic of the Rockies!...albeit on a business trip. This confined east coast kid couldn't believe how spacious the plains are before the mountains. There is soooo much land out there. I love how if close enough to downtown or the tech center, you can navigate pretty much anywhere by triangulating with the mountains on the west and the tall buildings. Try that in Medfah, MA! Shyeah, right!

this photo isnt bad but if you could have moved out of the way of the mirror it would have been a better shot i think but where perfect all and all i like it

Sadly, this area is now covered with some of the most uninspired, hideous suburban sprawl anywhere. Only a decade ago this was all ranchland. Driving the Boulder Turnpike (US 36) was a spectacular experience, rolling through the open prairie with the mountains ahead. You had no idea that there was a city anywhere, until you finally crested the mesa and Boulder popped into view below you. In only a few short years this was all transformed into a congested slog through strip malls, subdivisions, and office parks with an exit every mile. Boulder itself has a nice greenbelt around it, but it's an all too narrow three miles, and there is now almost no spot along the way where development is not visible.