I find myself laying in bed about every night thinking about my past. I don't know why I can get lost in memories so much. I cant really say I have "many" regrets. But I think back to times Ive had or people I have known. Mostly in Colorado. I had a big life there and loads of friends and stories I could tell. Most are good.
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| Short visit 2014 Hoosier Pass |
Most of my friends there were from a little bar called the "Park Bar". It was an every day event for me. That is where I went for camaraderie and support. It was like an episode of the show "Cheers". But the TV show never showed after happy hour! When the shots were flowing and the patrons were trying to play pool and dancing like no one was looking. Oh the stories we told there too!
I always liked it there when the snowstorms came through too. The bar had big picture windows all across the front and I loved to be inside with my friends toasting cheers and happy to have them. The wood stove was always fired up and anyone was free to throw another log on the fire. We talked about how long the snow might last and drank a little more because I mean after all its a blizzard!! What else are ya gonna do? Then occasionally we would watch people drive off and spin around trying to get on down the road.
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| Breckenridge |
Over the 20 plus years I was there the bar had a few different owners. They were like family. Linda and I went shopping one year for decorations for my birthday party. And on New years for 1999 I was the DJ and played Prince's song "tonight were gonna party like its 1999! A two man band played there a lot "Fauth & Curry". That was Brad Curry and Tim Fauth. They were all our friends. We had Brian Black one year (Clint's brother). I sang many a song at that bar with bands from all over. Brian Black is my most memorable. He got on stage out back and said "now who is this local girl I keep hearing about that sings up a storm"! Well that was me of course! So I got up there in my Saturday golf attire and sang that crap outta some Patsy Cline. Oh those were the days. Thought I would surely be discovered some day. But I wasn't...
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| Mom and Buddy's place up Mosquito Gulch |
I was single back then. Never really found anyone that could keep up with me. I had a lot of friends though. Male and female and sometimes I wonder where they all are. I imagine most are still there. And I am pretty sure if I went back I would see some at "The park" in the same bar stool, telling the same story. Some have left this earth sadly....Cheers to you all, The long the tall and the small as Raymond would say.
