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Summer love

There are so many places where humidity and heat make summer the most miserable season of the year. In Colorado Springs, summer can be paradise on Earth.


click to enlarge Craig Williams - - Pion Valley Engineer What's best - about your summer so far? Mountain biking on - Captain Jack's in Cheyenne Caon. - - Name the most miserably hot place you've lived. - Houston. The humidity gets so bad, you can - almost grab it with your hand. - - Have you eaten anything you've grown? My - wife planted a garden, but nothing's ripe yet. - - What's the best summer drink? Fat Tire.
  • Craig Williams
    Pion Valley
    Engineer
    What's best about your summer so far? Mountain biking on Captain Jack's in Cheyenne Caon.

    Name the most miserably hot place you've lived. Houston. The humidity gets so bad, you can almost grab it with your hand.

    Have you eaten anything you've grown? My wife planted a garden, but nothing's ripe yet.

    What's the best summer drink? Fat Tire.

click to enlarge Cindy Sutherland - - Downtown Senior care Describe - your best-ever summer. Going on a road trip with - friends no plan, no time frame, doing whatever, just - getting in the car and driving through several states. - - Where's the hottest spot you've lived? Kansas. - It's relentlessly hot and humid. Here in Colorado, it cools - off every now and then, but not in Kansas. - - Did you grow anything you've eaten this summer? Oh yeah onions, green beans, peas, potatoes, - carrots, tomatoes, green peppers. - - What's the best summer drink? Diet Pepsi with - lots of ice.
  • Cindy Sutherland
    Downtown
    Senior care
    Describe your best-ever summer. Going on a road trip with friends no plan, no time frame, doing whatever, just getting in the car and driving through several states.

    Where's the hottest spot you've lived? Kansas. It's relentlessly hot and humid. Here in Colorado, it cools off every now and then, but not in Kansas.

    Did you grow anything you've eaten this summer? Oh yeah onions, green beans, peas, potatoes, carrots, tomatoes, green peppers.

    What's the best summer drink? Diet Pepsi with lots of ice.

click to enlarge Mike Strzyzewski - - Crystal Hills Small arms repairman Best thing this season? Camping three days - at Buffalo Creek. - - Describe your all-time best summer. The year - I graduated from high school in Switzerland, some - friends and I spent summer on the beach in Cyprus. - - Bummer summer? The one I wasin - Iraq inthe Army. It got up to 143 degrees - one day. - - Name the best summer beverage. Margaritas.
  • Mike Strzyzewski
    Crystal Hills
    Small arms repairman
    Best thing this season? Camping three days at Buffalo Creek.

    Describe your all-time best summer. The year I graduated from high school in Switzerland, some friends and I spent summer on the beach in Cyprus.

    Bummer summer? The one I wasin Iraq inthe Army. It got up to 143 degrees one day.

    Name the best summer beverage. Margaritas.

click to enlarge Dawn Kelly - - Manitou Springs Housewife What's - your summer highlight so far? What it always is: - walking in the mountains. - - Describe your best summer ever. My first - summer here, three years ago. I felt good, I was - enthused, nothing on my mind, and I walked a million - miles in the mountains, which I hadn't seen for seven - years. - - Name the hottest locale you've lived in. - Granbury, Texas. It's 110 in the shade there for months - on end. - - What's your favorite summer beverage? Blends - of herbal iced tea I make myself. -
  • Dawn Kelly
    Manitou Springs
    Housewife
     What's your summer highlight so far? What it always is: walking in the mountains.

    Describe your best summer ever. My first summer here, three years ago. I felt good, I was enthused, nothing on my mind, and I walked a million miles in the mountains, which I hadn't seen for seven years.

    Name the hottest locale you've lived in. Granbury, Texas. It's 110 in the shade there for months on end.

    What's your favorite summer beverage? Blends of herbal iced tea I make myself.

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