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Postcards from Colorado

April 2000

Rocky Mountain National Park. Sky Pond and Taylor Glacier. Colorado hikers on the Loch Vale Trail are awarded close up view of Taylor Glacier reflected in the frigid waters of Sky Pond. Photographer – Ron Mauer

Bear Lake, Long’s Peak in background. An easy drive and a vacation wonderland to remember.

Bear Lake in Early Fall, Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado

The golden Fall color of mountain aspen highlights the ever changing beauty of Bear Lake, nestled beneath 14,255 foot high Long’s Peak.

Mt. Ypsilon (13,307 ft.) and Mummy Range as seen from the High Drive in Rocky Mountain National Park.

Ypsilon from Trail Ridge Road, Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado

Pillars of Hercules – illuminated at night in South Cheyenne Canyon, Colorado Springs, Colorado. The roadway to Seven Falls passes between these gigantic rocks, and they as well as the entire canyon and the falls themselves, are lighted at night during the summer season.

The Stanley Hotel, Estes Park, Colorado

Broadmoor Hotel mirrored in the lake, Colorado Springs, Colorado. Internationally famed resort hotel with every recreational activity imaginable.

View from Trail Ridge road, a few miles below Timberline, looking toward the ever snowy Mt Ypsilon, with Y-snow formation. (Estes Park, Colo. Vicinity) Photo by Ted and Lois Matthews

Quick Trip to Boulder

It’s a terrible photo but I couldn’t resist…

I spent a long weekend in Boulder and environs. An evening at the Boulderado Hotel. Rooftop dining at the Avanti food hall with seven choices of food varieties. Up the mountain to Estes Park and a quick lunch at Cousin Pat’s Pub and Grill. On to the Stanley Hotel where they filmed The Shining. A quick stop at the shop and museum in Ward. And a long afternoon at Augustina’s Winery in Nederland with live music by my friend John Luttrell. All in all very enjoyable.

Estes Park

Ward Museum and Shop

Wine Tastin g with John Luttrell

Beautiful Colorado

Cooking in Colorado

I recently spent some time in Boulder, Colorado with an old friend of mine. We both have frequented the Indonesian restaurants in Amsterdam and gorged ourselves on Rijsttafel. I hadn’t had Rijsttafel in ages and when he volunteered to make it, I was very excited. After a quick trip to the Asian store he assembled all the ingredients and spent the afternoon cooking.

Many many ingredients

Rijstaffel means rice table. It usually consists of rice with multiple small dishes, appetizers, and condiments. The dishes can come from anywhere in Indonesia from spicy curries to dishes with Chinese influence. The Dutch colonists who had been living in Indonesia brought the Rijstaffel back to the Netherlands. Today it is virtually unknown in Indonesia but is still going strong in the Netherlands.

We had beef in red sauce with tomato chili and coconut cream, chicken Bali with lemongrass and coconut cream, Gado Gado (vegetables with peanut sauce), two kinds of Satay, rice and multiple condiments.

It was a feast and all delicious. I am going t have to try to make the chicken one day soon.