Someone getting lost in a town with essentially one main street and a few side streets which are mostly arranged in a grid pattern is hard to imagine, but I did. The town is only 1.7 square miles. After I left the pig races, I started the 15 minute walk back to the condo. An hour later I was still walking. I wasn’t really lost, I just didn’t know where I was. I am still not sure what happened, I think I thought I was on the east side of town, but somehow ended up on the west side. I kept running into dead ends, even though I thought most of the streets ran through and would take me back to the road which leads to where I am staying. Eventually I found myself back on Main Street where I began, somehow walking in a complete circle. Well at least I saw most of the town. I know what you are thinking, but I only had two beers at the Colorado Barbecue Challenge.
Your phone has GPS and Google maps. You know the rocation of your condo? Should be no problem.
Yes Ron, I now realize that. I am an idiot. The town in laid out in a grid, avenues south to north, streets east to west, very similar to St. Pete. I thought all I had to was walk west on streets to find 5th Ave to walk home. But many of the streets did not connect to other west/east streets, many dead ends. Then I wound up on the far west side of town. GPS and maps on my Google phone would have taken me right home, but I figured the route home was so simple, I just kept walking thinking I would find the right street. I got too close to the mountain on the west side of town, that was when I knew I was off course. Circled back onto the Main Street of town, and started back down through the crowds to 5th Ave, then walked home. No big deal, except that I was dehydrated from being in the sun all afternoon, and really wanted to get home and rest. Tomorrow the throng and gangs of barbecue hunters will be gone, so planning on walking back into town for a nice peaceful breakfast. Then going to start to prepare for my assault on Loveland Pass, essentially the climb takes you to 12,000 feet. Should be interesting, and the scenery is wonderful
Funny story. Would have been faster to,do those miles on your bike….rather than walking around town….but hey now, you gotta work those different leg muscles.
Yes Terri, I thought the same thing. I am going to explore the small town on my mountain bike, figure I can cover the entire town and ride the entire area in an hour. Still it was interesting to see all the nooks and crannys of the town on foot, some beautiful homes here. You can always get an idea of the amount of snow a place gets by the pitch of the roofs of the houses. The roofs here are very steep, which is a clear sign that there is significant snow fall here.