>>>Thomas,
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>>>>Even in early 1975 you could drive from hiway 17 (now 880), to 101 which is about 7 miles and see nothing but Orchards. Now, it is wall to wall hi-tech!
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>>>Yeah, some areas are hard to recognize...I have visited just about every year since I left...pretty nice to have that extension of Rte. 85...but, boy, do I HATE the traffic (oc, no one likes it....).
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>>Jill;
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>>Traffic? What traffic? I thought those were parking lots!
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>>Tom
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>When I left my childhood home in Englewood, CO (south Denver suburb) the city limits were 5 blocks east. After that was corn fields. Now, one has to go 15 miles east to get out of the city.

Jerry;

I know the area. When I worked for Ampex (Redwood city, CA), I traveled frequently to Colorado Springs, CO and Golden, CO to visit our sites at those locations. I found out what those metal fences were that lines many points along the road from Denver to "The Springs".

One day I finished my work early so I returned to Denver and got an early flight back to the Bay Area. Those members of the group that left at 5 PM were greated with a rain storm that caused flash flooding - so they block the highway with the metal fences near the Air force Academy. My friends were delayed several hours and missed their plane.

The weather in that area can get very nasty and without notice! 90 mile an hour winds, snow and all sorts of good things would delay us getting back home on time. The weather man never new this stuff was going to hit either. Sounds like the weather people out here - they cannot tell what is happening right now but can give you a five day forecast for Biloxi, Mississippi. I have always suggested weather people try sticking his/her head out the window before giving a weather forcast!

Tom