Loaded my friend Nancy in the car today and headed West across the beautiful Beulah Valley to my favorite place in the whole world, The Stompin' Grounds Coffee shop on Main Street.
Yep, the sign was still there!
Little Jan was still inside!
The refrigerator was still covered with bumper stickers!
And up the road was the thing that had brought me to Beulah in the first place, the dragon by John Clay.
But now Jan has a new job. She is helping run the Pines at Beulah.
These are cabins up the road from the coffee shop. They have kitchens and everything you need for a little get-away in the mountains and the cost is dirt cheap. Oh, you could go to a Motel 6 and for a lot more money you could have asphalt all around you and you could eat at the McDonald's up the block. These cabins are nestled in the pines and have all the amenities of home. I could see how getting together with the family could be a joy!
Nancy and I walked up the road and peeked in the windows. Hell, I may just go hide out in one of those some time when I am wanting to get away from it all. They even have a fire pit out back. Course it is a propane fire under artificial logs, but who wants to start a forest fire anyway? Not me!I did forget my camera so the pictures above are old, but you would not have known that if I hadn't told you!
That aside, I love Beulah. It is a 30 minute drive from Pueblo, but it is another world. When I first came to Colorado back in 1977 one of the first places I visited was the Host Restaurant in Beulah. That was a real treat to set in that little place and watch the Hummingbirds and the soft rain that seemed to fall every afternoon.
I did not know about the Pines of Beulah until Jan told me today. So I made up my feeble little mind that I would blog about it and then put it on Facebook and maybe someone would want to take me up there for a nice relaxing day and night in the mountains. Hmmmmm. Maybe Jesse and Bernadette could go there for their honeymoon. Or Ross and Chaz? Well, somebody could and then they could invite me up for coffee. OK. So I guess I won't be going, but you could. Be sure and click on that link below the picture for phone number, pictures and prices.
And tell them Lou sent you!!
