Mountain Winter

Happy Trails Coffee Shop

Looking for a little morning hang-out while in Nederland, we opted for the Happy Trails Coffee Shop.

There's a great view of the town from the patio, which I imagine to be very pleasant during warmer weather.

The little round tables were a tad small for newspaper reading (our Sunday morning ritual), but otherwise very adequate for a typical "meeting up with friends" customer.

This was actually our second time in this coffee shop, and amazingly enough, both time a particularly loud-mouth, self-important male customer was present, with non-stop "sharing" of his infinite wisdom throughout the time we were there. I think the barista was getting a little tired of his attention. I would have told him to chill. Some people...

Service was great.

They serve a very good breakfast burrito and the usual suspects of pastries, including no-wheat, no-dairy. I had herbal tea.

There's also a ski / snow-shoe rental shop in the back, which I believe turns into a bicycle shop once winter season is over.

Snow Blanket

Nederland, CO - really cool mountain town. We drive up on a regular basis to visit, walk around, hike on the surrounding trails (or snow shoe, as the case may be), and even camp out.

There's a great art community with several summer festivals, the usual array of tourist shops, art galleries, and a very neat local food co-op.

Anywhere we go, we always make it a point of visiting a local coffee shop -not the bland, chain type of shop, mind you, but an individually owned kind of place.

The New Moon Bakery had been our favorite for a while now. Since the "original" owners sold about a year ago, it has changed hands 3 times... and each time brings a few changes here and there... jury still out of the latest.

Invitations

These images all struck me as having to do with some sort of invitation, in one form or another.


Images taken in Niwot, Colorado.