Guys I’ve moved… to Colorado

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VOLywood said:
Spent a winter at a ranch in Granby, CO. The hot sulphur springs nearby were cool to visit. Beautiful area.
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Granby?

Run into Marvin Heemeyer by any chance?

Sometimes reasonable men are forced to do unreasonable things after all
 
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There is a Tennessee Vols group in Denver - can’t remember the name of it but I found it on Facebook when I went to visit there. I watched the UT Martin game there with about 40 other Vol fans in a bar somewhere. They go to a different place each week I think.
 
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I was in Denver for pretty much the whole football season in 2021, Blake Street Tavern was the alumni chapter bar/watch party spot. Pretty cool place.

Edit: just went to check and apparently it has closed down.
 
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GeorgiaVol22 said:
1. Any vols in the area? I became a recluse and live at 10,000 feet in the mountains west of Denver- would love to catch a game or two with some folks if we have any local presence.

2. Mountain time is stupid - espn doesn’t like to tell what time things come on (had issues catching the baseball World Series because it doesn’t tell time zone- does it usually post everything in eastern?

4. I’ll be in Knoxville for USCe and TAMU- gonna be the yearly thing for me and my brother to catch a game or two together. Now that I’m not local does anyone have thoughts on hotels to try to book- never had to do that before? Should I head out to the outskirts or try to make it happen downtown?
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1) The Denver alumni group seems to be surprisingly active. You can reach their Instagram here, which has a lot of meetups mentioned and notes Jackson's LoDo (right next to Coors Field) as the new site of watch parties. If you're interested in just a Tennessee bar, and I can't speak to how their watch parties would be but I think it'd be far more low-key, Town Pump in Fort Collins is owned by a Tennessee guy who I believe posts on here.

2) ESPN, in my experience, recalculates to your time zone. Clear your cookies on both your laptop and phone, then try again. It should always tell you when things are in the time zone from which you're accessing the server.

4) It really depends how much money you want to spend relative to how important you consider being downtown/within walking distance of Neyland. The best bang for your buck is going to be West Knoxville, but if you want to go out Thursday/Friday/Saturday night it's likely worth the extra money to just stay downtown and avoid playing the Uber game two directions. My suggestion for the '24 season would be to hop on Airbnb the moment the schedules get announced in September to see if there's anything available for cheap, but that's getting far more difficult these days as the platform's pivot from "renting my place because I'm living with my girlfriend now" to "short-term housing empire" has resulted in savvier hosts who either block football season until the schedules are announced or just have every weekend priced expensively as far out as possible. Are you flying in for South Carolina and then staying through the bye week until the TAMU game for a 14+ day trip?
 
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Congrats on the move. I love the mountain states and sometimes think about moving. Hook a Vol brother up if you find some good places to hunt and fish!
 
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I remember being on the front range just west of Denver looking east and contemplating the vast distance to the next range of real mountains, the Appalachians of East Tennessee. You are now on that other bookend of the Great Plains. Hope you enjoy it out there. It is a wonderful place
 
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GeorgiaVol22 said:
VN,

I recently did all the big life changes- got married and moved to Colorado. Wish me luck.

Couple of things I could use your help on:

1. Any vols in the area? I became a recluse and live at 10,000 feet in the mountains west of Denver- would love to catch a game or two with some folks if we have any local presence.

2. Mountain time is stupid - espn doesn’t like to tell what time things come on (had issues catching the baseball World Series because it doesn’t tell time zone- does it usually post everything in eastern?

3. My username is GeorgiaVol22- has been for a very long time- should I change it with the move? Ha

4. I’ll be in Knoxville for USCe and TAMU- gonna be the yearly thing for me and my brother to catch a game or two together. Now that I’m not local does anyone have thoughts on hotels to try to book- never had to do that before? Should I head out to the outskirts or try to make it happen downtown?
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Enjoy the Rocky Mountains and the Broncos and NBA Champion Nuggets and Rockies.
 
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GeorgiaVol22 said:
We do love it for sure.

Been to Englewood a couple of times already! Cool town- were actually headed down to Ouray for the weekend- gonna check out Black Canyon of the Gunnison and Telluride.
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If you’re going to Telluride from Ouray, try to go up Last Dollar Rd., which is just past the Dallas divide mountain high point. It’s on the left as you’re going down the mountain. You only need to go about 7 miles in before you get to spectacular. They filmed the John Wayne True Grit movie in this area. I have a place not far away where my wife and I spend the summers. Also, if you can, check out the million dollar highway to Red Mountain pass just outside Ouray.
 
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Vol in Buckeye Land said:
Yeah Coloradans care about the Broncos and nothing else when it comes to football. Total opposite of the South. You’ll see some Nebraska fans here and there though.

Congrats on the move. There are parts of Georgia that certainly have their charms, but I’d take the front range 9.5 out of 10 times. How far out of Denver are you? I doubt any of the mountain towns along I-70 have much Vol presence, but Boulder or Golden might. Denver proper would for sure.
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I used to have an uncle in Denver, a Broncos fan, and one Christmas he gave us nephews orange Tshirts that said "Orange Crush Defense." I proudly wore mine, thinking of the Vols. Then, one day I was gassing up my truck across from the Alcoa airport and some dude admired my shirt. I just peeled it off and gave it to them, partly just so I could say, "I would give the shirt off my back ..." But now kinda wish I had kept it.

So, the takeaway, if you see one of those, snag it.
 
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ShelbourneVol said:
If you’re going to Telluride from Ouray, try to go up Last Dollar Rd., which is just past the Dallas divide mountain high point. It’s on the left as you’re going down the mountain. You only need to go about 7 miles in before you get to spectacular. They filmed the John Wayne True Grit movie in this area. I have a place not far away where my wife and I spend the summers. Also, if you can, check out the million dollar highway to Red Mountain pass just outside Ouray.
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Yes, the Last Dollar Road, among others in and around the Sneffels Range, is a phenomenal fall-foliage road. See, for example, the following images:

Autumn Colors along Last Dollar Road 103-2 | San Juan Mountains

https://coloradoencyclopedia.org/image/last-dollar-road

Sneffels Range Autumn | San Juan Mountains, Colorado

And, best of all, the San Juan Mountains receive only a fraction of the tourist and recreational traffic of Front Range destinations.
 
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I live near Denver, CO and most don’t care about college football. It is definitely Bronco country. I have been to several Bronco games and they’re pretty meh…nothing like Neyland.
 
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Just got back from Colorado a little over a week ago. It was absolutely beautiful and we had a great time. Stayed a week and about halfway in, the dryness started to get to me. Painfully dry eyes, lips and nasal passages. We went atop Pikes Peaks and then several very tall peaks in Rocky Mountain National Park. Did things around Colorado Springs and Denver. Denver is where it seemed to be the worst. Very arid climate? How in the heck does someone combat the dry climate? I loved having no humidity, but the dryness is a major issue. I stayed downing water. Any recommendations for my next visit to the Rockies?
 
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GeorgiaVol22 said:
VN,

I recently did all the big life changes- got married and moved to Colorado. Wish me luck.

Couple of things I could use your help on:

1. Any vols in the area? I became a recluse and live at 10,000 feet in the mountains west of Denver- would love to catch a game or two with some folks if we have any local presence.

2. Mountain time is stupid - espn doesn’t like to tell what time things come on (had issues catching the baseball World Series because it doesn’t tell time zone- does it usually post everything in eastern?

3. My username is GeorgiaVol22- has been for a very long time- should I change it with the move? Ha

4. I’ll be in Knoxville for USCe and TAMU- gonna be the yearly thing for me and my brother to catch a game or two together. Now that I’m not local does anyone have thoughts on hotels to try to book- never had to do that before? Should I head out to the outskirts or try to make it happen downtown?
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