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Old 01-18-2010, 07:12 AM
 
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My family and I currently live in the Chicago suburbs but are considering other places to live down the road. We feel that we need a place with more natural beauty and more outdoor activities. We are not hard-core outdoor adventurers, but we do like hiking in the woods, taking walks, beautiful drives, national parks, etc. My question is: Does living in a place like Colorado really mean more outdoor recreation for someone who values the outdoors but who, admittedly, is not a total adventurer (e.g., we don't ski or rock climb). I'd love to hear from folks who live in Colorado and to what extent the outdoors plays a role in their lives. Many thanks.
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Old 01-18-2010, 12:17 PM
 
Location: Longmont, CO
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I'm also not a "total adventurer" by any stretch, but from my experience, living in Colorado certainly made me appreciate the outdoors *much* more than I did before.

I grew up living in the great plains and never really considered myself the outdoorsy type. A year spent living in Colorado certainly changed that. My wife (who was also not outdoorsy) and I found ourselves hiking nearly every other weekend in the summer and enjoying mountain day trips in the winter. We don't ski [yet] but still found plenty of beauty in the Front Range in wintertime. There was no shortage of things to do, trails to hike, and beautiful places to see. So, yes, for us living in Colorado meant making outdoor recreation a priority.

In fact, now that we're moving back to Colorado, the chance to enjoy the outdoors once again is the thing that I look forward to the most!
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Old 01-18-2010, 01:18 PM
 
Location: Ned CO @ 8300'
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V1VrV2 said pretty much what I'll say. Before moving to Colorado I'd never been on a real "hike" before, had never ridden a mountain bike, never cross-country skied. I lived here for 18 years before I learned to downhill ski. (And btw, it is not a requirement.) I am fortunate that I live a short distance from a ski area so I ski every week. But hiking is what it's all about for me. There are so many stunning places to go, so many opportunities to be out in nature. It's wonderful.
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