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Doug Geiling

Doug is a Colorado native, a Northglenn High School graduate (class of 1993), and Colorado State University alum (class of 1997). He currently resides in Edgewater near Sloan Lake, but has previously lived in Erie and Lafayette. Doug is a backpacker, fly fisherman, traveler, writer, and business management consultant.

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Project 2025: Red Carpet to American Autocracy

October 23, 2024 2 0 Doug Geiling

Red Carpet to American Autocracy

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Car Shows

August 28, 2024 1 0 Doug Geiling

How love for our cars helps bond our communities

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The Black Cowboys of Colorado

May 31, 2024 Like 0 Doug Geiling

Black cowboys and cowgirls were common in the old west. Their stories deserve a closer look. I gloried in the danger, and the wild and free life of the plains -Nat Love, Black cowboy of the old American West. The…

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The Colorado River Water Emergency

May 10, 2024 2 0 Doug Geiling

In Nevada’s monstrous Lake Mead Reservoir, the term “dead pool” has a dual meaning. For hydrologists, dead pool represents a catastrophically low water level in a reservoir below which the water can no longer pass through the outlet works of…

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Van Life and Tiny Homes

January 15, 2024 Like 0 Doug Geiling

New Work Standards New Tech, and New Products Make This Dream a Reality For decades office workers of America have convinced themselves that fighting traffic five days a week to sit in a cubicle farm was somehow a fulfilling and…

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The Places in Between

December 31, 2023 1 0 Doug Geiling

Eldorado Springs – Portal to the Mountains Billion-year-old stone rises vertically over the green-tinted waters of a mountain stream. Red-barked ponderosa pines that smell of vanilla drape the steep slopes between the rocky ramparts. As the sun tracks behind the…

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The Model Cities of No Man’s Land

November 30, 2023 Like 0 Doug Geiling

The Model Cities of No Man’s Land: Fruit Orchards, Broomcorn, and 1950s American Boomtowns

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Frederick, Firestone, and Dacono: Building on what matters

October 20, 2023 1 0 Doug Geiling

Frederick, Firestone, and Dacono now seek a renewed focus to maintain their small-town identities while managing explosive suburban housing growth.

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The Challenge | Indulgence Issue 2023

September 25, 2023 2 0 Doug Geiling

YS paired together nearly 50 restaurants to create several different multi-course tasting experiences - with a twist!

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Lyons: Rock Solid

September 22, 2023 1 0 Doug Geiling

There is a certain clarity of sound early in the morning. Each step I take brings a satisfying crunch as my foot strikes the dirt trail. It’s dawn, and I’m hiking up the hill at Rabbit Mountain Open Space on…