Tuesday, April 20, 2010

Red Feather Lakes


My husband and his family have owned a cabin in Red Feather Lakes since 1958. Red Feather Lakes, on the map, is directly north of Boulder, a few miles from the Wyoming border. As you can see from the picture of my husband and niece and nephew, the terrain is very rocky. Not the best place to build a golf course but that is exactly what Ray Stencil decided to do. His wife was one of the original pioneer families of the area. She did not want to leave and he wanted a golf course. It required hundreds of tons of top soil, peat moss, grass seed at $90/sq. ft. and drilling deep wells. It took ten years and millions of dollars to build it. Probably would have been easier to put a golf course on the moon. Anyway, there is a world class country club and golf course up at Red Feather Lakes called Fox Acres. All your golfers out there, check it out. There are also a few public lakes and campgrounds in the area. On the 4th of July, they have a firework display over one of the private lakes that we can see from our cabin. Great place to put on your summer travel plan list!
-Joan

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