(On our move to Boulder –
not about us being “on the move” as nomads.)
It’s hard to believe that it’s been five years since we left the northeast for a nomadic life.
And that it’s going on three years since we moved to Boulder.
So it’s high time we talked about the move.
At first, we sublet a small tiny apartment downtown for the last month of a friend’s lease.
It was the summer of 2020 and we needed a home base, so we started month to month at first.
We loved the location immediately: three blocks north to downtown Pearl Street, three blocks south to the Creek Path and CU Boulder campus, three blocks west to Central Park, right in a residential neighborhood that’s great for walking.
“Walkable” is an important quality to us – back in Sedona, we had decided it was a necessity. And Boulder sure is walkable. From our Goss-Grove neighborhood, we have five coffee shops all within 3-5 blocks, all with good coffee, and breakfast. And we have lunch, snacks, numerous restaurants, bars, convenience stores, markets, delis, groceries, shopping, barbers and salons… all within 5-15 minutes on foot.
Extending our stay
Boulder has a lot going for it! So we extended for a 6 month lease, then a year, then another year…
…and here we still are, three years on.
Why we like it
We can see Boulder’s iconic Flatirons from our kitchen and west-facing windows.
We can walk to several trailheads within 1-2 miles. One of our favorite hike-walks is from our doorstep three blocks to the creek, then about a mile on the Creek Path through Eben G Fine Park, to People’s Crossing – take Red Rocks Trail up, or Anemone Trail around and over the red rocks overlooking Boulder, then descend to the lovely Mapleton neighborhood and stroll back along residential roads or maybe grab a drink or a snack on Pearl Street.
For a shorter but still solid purely urban stroll, skip the hike at People’s Crossing, and loop back along Pearl Street from the West End. You can even pick up some wine or weed, a bite to eat, or run an errand on the way back home – all on foot.
Getting exercise is part of our normal daily routine – take a weekday morning walk to a coffee shop, do a little laptop work, meet friends, eat chocolate croissants, listening to the strangest new folk, hip trip-hop music favored by the college crowd here in town – those from the University of Colorado and Naropa; Buddhists, psychedelic therapists, scientists, and breakdance artists; Religious Studies majors and those studying Sanskrit; Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences and Aerospace Engineering researchers; these last two programs of no surprise as Boulder is home to NOAA Earth System Research Laboratories.
Such is our life now: snug downtown in a medium city nestled at the foothills of the Rockies.