The Dog Days of Summer… According to Wikipedia, “The dog days or dog days of summer are the hot, sultry days of summer. They were historically the period following the heliacal rising of the star system Sirius, which Greek and Roman astrology connected with heat, drought, sudden thunderstorms, lethargy, fever, mad dogs, and bad luck.”. For me, the sun is up way before I am, the colors are obliterated by the intense light of the overhead sun, the animals are all hiding in the shade. Do I want to sweat out a photo shoot in vain? Or…
What better time to try out a new watering hole 🙂 I have driven past this place a hundred times, it’s right by some sort of feed plant and I always thought the unexplored building was just part of the feed business in rural Divide, Colorado. Until the other day I was doing a search for brew pubs and Paradox showed up in the search results. So I’m thinking, I know that place, it’s the feed building I’m always driving past????
Saw the bighorn sheep up on 67 the other day at about 2:30… no camera along of course but I make a note of the time and place thinking that they might be making a return trip on another day…
So the trip is planned, bring along the camera so in case I see the sheep, if not… onward to the brew pub. I love a sure fire plan :) Well those pesky sheep knew I had the camera along so they stayed out of view like always when I have my camera :( No matter, onward to the brew pub.
And what a cool place it is! I can imagine it used to be some sort of country business, a
big metal building with double garage doors facing the south with an awesome view of the northwest face of Pikes Peak, I might add! I entered the building past some brewing barrels and into a comfortable tasting room where I encountered a friendly and knowledgeable young lady behind the bar who was happy to let me taste the large variety of brews that they currently have on tap 🙂 Never had beer like this though, all called “sour beer”. Some are more sour than others but I did find one that I liked, called “Future Knowledge”.
Outside the big doors is a nice outdoor beer garden with a view of the great peak… The sun was a bit too intense for me this day so I chose to just enjoy the cool shade of the bar at 10,000 feet of elevation 🙂 Outside also is a food truck which was serving some tasty steak, chicken or fish tacos.
I arrived fairly early, probably earlier than most people would be out and about so I had the place pretty much to myself for a while, which suits me just fine 🙂 It wasn’t long though, before the place started filling up, looks like a pretty popular place for those in the know! So anyway, that was how I whiled away one hot dry Dog Day in this short Rocky Mountain summer 🙂 I highly recommend this place if you have an afternoon or evening that you can spend just relaxing in the Rocky Mountain High Country 🙂
