Guys I’ve moved… to Colorado

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madbamahater said:
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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I am currently in Berthoud CO. We are planning to move to Lakewood (North Denver). It takes time to acclimate to the higher altitude. Keep drinking water, you will adjust. Welcome to the Rockies. Lots to do and see. My favorite hobbies here is Flyfishing, road trips, cycling, hiking.

There are several UT fans in the Rockies, look for the power T.
 
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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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Guys I’ve moved… to Colorado
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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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ESPN app should adjust time for you.
 
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madbamahater said:
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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Lived out there for two years and never had any issues, but I knew of people who bathed in lotion and lip balm. Maybe try a humidifier where you’re staying and however much you’re hydrating, hydrate more.
 
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Colorado is great. I’ve vacationed there many times (winter and summer). Going to be in Estes Park the first week in August for some hiking in RMNP.
 
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madbamahater said:
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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As they say in the desert, if you wait until you're thirsty to drink you're already way behind.
 
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It takes a special type of person to live in Colorado. I spent 6 weeks in Denver for tech school for the Air Force. It was bitterly cold, got the worst sinus infection I ever had. I couldn't turn my head or sneeze without it feeling like the top of my head was gonna blow off. And you can't even make a snowball it's so dry. I'll just take my East Tennessee mountains, plus being about an hour south of Knoxville, I don''t have to try to find somewhere to watch the Vols.
 
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madbamahater said:
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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Hey, we locals think these past few weeks were humid. Next time, visit in the winter when the humidity is really low. You'll go home looking like Keith Richards but without all the drugs & cigs.
 
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madbamahater said:
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?[/QUOT
madbamahater said:
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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Nasel spray for the nose, maybe use a small bit of Vaseline applied with a q-tip. Skin moisturizer and above all drink plenty of water.
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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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I live in Denver and we actually have a pretty active alumni group. Most football games we had a decent showing, including over 200 people for Bama, 300 for UGa and the same for the bowl game. The bar we met at closed recently, but next season we will be at Jackson’s in Lodo, near Coors field for all football games. It is a large place that hosts watch parties for a few different schools, UT, TCU, and Florida are their main groups. It will be interesting this season, sharing a bar with UF. Follow denvervols on social media for other events. I know you are an hour away or so, but you should def join us for a game or two.
 
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TrumpedUpVol said:
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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thank you for all of this. Super helpful.
We’re flying in both weekends. Believe it or not they have direct flights from Denver to knox for $120 round trip
 
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Big Orange Rob said:
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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Working on that. So many things to hunt here- mainly lottery unless you know people from what I’ve seen- my backyard is wide open for bow though
 
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madbamahater said:
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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It puts the lotion on the skin 😂
 
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DenVol said:
I live in Denver and we actually have a pretty active alumni group. Most football games we had a decent showing, including over 200 people for Bama, 300 for UGa and the same for the bowl game. The bar we met at closed recently, but next season we will be at Jackson’s in Lodo, near Coors field for all football games. It is a large place that hosts watch parties for a few different schools, UT, TCU, and Florida are their main groups. It will be interesting this season, sharing a bar with UF. Follow denvervols on social media for other events. I know you are an hour away or so, but you should def join us for a game or two.
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It’s really not a bad drive- we’ve gone to a couple of Rockies games and avalanche- I’d love to join y’all!I’ll follow the page
 
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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.
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There's a bar called Burks Tavern in a little town called Loveland just north of Denver. The guy that runs the place is a Vols fan originally from God's country. He looks like a mountain man. Long beard, long hair. Name's Justin if you're ever there.
 
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stolitonic said:
Granby?

Run into Marvin Heemeyer by any chance?

Sometimes reasonable men are forced to do unreasonable things after all
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Marvin Heemeyer doesn't sound familiar, but I mainly stayed on the ranch, so didn't meet anyone around the community.
 
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Ok- so if Freak approves I’ll officially be RockiesTop22…
Same 36 year old that lived in Georgia battling most his barking family and friends - became a vol thanks to my step brother- cried at the 98 championship- went to Lee university in Tennessee and made it up to every game I could.
Recruiting freak but don’t comment a lot because let’s face it- VN is wild. I do love my VN and look at it every single day of my life. Honestly thank all of y’all for giving me recommendations - I think I have a few to check out now and even a local Instagram page.
y’all are great (blue font or nah?) appreciate my family here and will be singing rockytop from these big A mountains- y’all might not hear it because my reception sucks
 
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