Mother Nature is still in a mood when it comes to her weather wishes, so I started the trek north from Denver to start heading to the Dakotas for possible severe weather later this weekend.
First stop was in Longmont, Colorado, which has a very charming downtown. I’ve been here a couple of times. I took the opportunity to walk around a bit and passed by Elite Barber Shop, which I had been to before. Feeling scruffy, I stopped in for a proper shave at this well-established barber shop. It’s been in business since 1872. They’ve modernized since then.
The older barber (I think his name is Jeff) did a fantastic job.
All freshened up, I had some lunch at Rosalee’s, which had a nice mix of people and some great pizza, and perhaps a beer. Lunch time beer is always enjoyable on vacation.
I finally made my way up to Cheyenne, where I met up with our friend Tim. Tim and I have known each other since 2000 or so. We found each other online talking as we both have an interest in master clock systems, specifically those made by The Standard Electric Time Company. We had dinner together and had some laughs and enjoyable conversation. Tim’s husband Gordy passed late last year. He had been painting in his retirement and Tim gave us a few of Gordy’s paintings that I’m bringing back to Tucson. I will post a proper photo when we have them arranged at the house.
Tim’s clock collection is huge, and his clock system is still keeping time, even though some of the clocks are now over 100 years old. I know we want everything to be modern in the 21st century, but schools still spend a lot of money replacing classroom clocks that don’t really need replacement, they just need some TLC.
It was good to get together and visit for a while. I’m now getting situated for the night, with plans to keep heading north tomorrow.
