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Book SynopsisA high-altitude alligator farm. A UFO watchtower. A monument to a headless chicken. While other travel guides tell you about tackling Pike’s Peak, skiing the back bowls, or rafting down the Arkansas River, this quirky regional resource offers unusual travel destinations and little-known historical tidbits. Imagine regaling coworkers with unique Rocky Mountain adventures, like spending an evening at a drive-in movie . . . in a queen-sized bed, or visiting a vapor cave clad only in a towel. How about seeing a two-headed dragon made of car parts, or watching cliff divers while eating Mexican food?
Trade Review"For travelers with a taste for the offbeat and the time to indulge it." -- USA Today, June 13, 2003.
"Travelers... will delight in this behind-the-scenes look at Colorado... Pohlen's quick wit and fast pace make this a fun read..." -- Sky West Magazine, Summer 2003.
"You haven't experienced Colorado until you've viewed skull fragments of a cannibalized victim, or seen the UFO watchtower." -- Rocky Mountain News.
"Worth getting if you like to laugh, whether you ever plan to see Colorado or not." -- Arlington Heights Daily Herald
"Would be perfect to have in the car as the family explores Colorado." -- Highlands Ranch Herald
Table of ContentsPreface; Introduction: Ride the High Country or "They Went Thataway"; Cowboy Codes: Straight & Pure & All Boy; When We were Young: Nostalgia & the Cowboy Hero; Arms & the Man: The Friendly Gun; Give Me My Boots & Saddles: Camp Cowboy; Tall in the Saddle: Romance on the Range; White Hats & White Heroes: Who Is That Other Guy?; Virgin Land: Landscape, Nature, & Masculinity; Corporate Cowboys & the Shaping of a Nation; Postscript - The Frontiersman (1938); List of Films Mentioned; References; Index.
