As my jesting post about mountain lions in Colorado might scare some people from visiting the state, I must post some corrections here.
No, I did not lie about the warning sign being only 1/2 mile from the town center. But I felt no danger, not did any local or tourist around me. Mountain lions can be dangerous, and have killed people, no doubt about it. Still, it seemed that the state had to put up some warning sign wherever some sightings were reported, and I do not know how long the sign has to stay up. Perhaps some CO residents can tell us.
Anyway, Golden was a nice place for us to stop for a couple of nights before heading further up north in our trip last year. Clear Creek is a fast and clear stream that starts somewhere to the west of Golden, and flows right through the city center on its way to Denver. I drove upstream to investigate, but stopped at Georgetown about 40 mi. to the west. Georgetown was an interesting historical place too, but I digressed.
On a weekday late afternoon, I took some photos of a group of kayakers practicing on this stream, right about where I took the photo of the mountain lion sign.
I have read that Coloradans (not Coloradoans, a long story
) are into outdoors, and if the citizens of Golden are examples, I would agree heartily. People were about in the parks and along the creek banks, on a weekday evening. In most cities, workers would be too tired to venture outside after a day of work. A few miles from Golden, I snapped this photo of a rock climber, who was there with a group of others. This was on a weekday late afternoon too.
There was a bike path along the creek that went from Golden downtown all the way to Denver. Bicyclists would enjoy that, though we rode only a couple of miles.
Coors factory is on the bank of the creek, and but 2 blocks from downtown. We did visit and had some samples. Now, I see how Coors has been claiming that its beer is made with Rocky Mountain spring water. While I do not drink regular Coors beer, they did have other brews that were tastier.