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By Alan Silverstein, ajs@frii.com (page updated Tue Apr 14 12:25:48 MDT 2026)

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One fine May day I spent 14.5 hours away from home driving to the Denver area... To drop off rocks and pick up a lost hat at PeteM's house, then hike 5:15 and 8.8 miles completely around North Table Mountain near Golden (whee!), and finally over 4 hours working on Cathie's brother's empty rental house on S Balsam in Lakewood.

It was so pretty on the mesa loop that I took a lot of pictures. Fortunately all the rain was before I started walking.

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24. K4_DownTrailTowardCoors.jpg (430)
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