Up the snowfield

Caribou, Colorado

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June 24th 2011
So it was a hot, hot day in the flat lands around Boulder, Colorado and some friends and I decided to cool off in the foothills west of Nederland. We drove up Boulder Canyon and stopped at Barker Reservoir, which feeds the city of Boulder, to see the water rushing over the top of the reservoir walls. All that snow this winter and spring is making for dangerously high water levels and rushing river ... read more

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Britain's American colonies broke with the mother country in 1776 and were recognized as the new nation of the United States of America following the Treaty of Paris in 1783. During the 19th and 20th centuries, 37 new states were added to the origina... ... read more