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21 Finding Your Mountain Oasis Vermejo Reserve Park Offers Unforgettable Outdoor Excursions, High-Country Luxury, and Glimpse into Ted Turner Conservation

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SEASONAL COMFORT FOODS + Looking for an authentic Dia de los Muertos recipe? Try the Chicken Mole recipe from Yvette Marquez-Sharpnack of MuyBuenoCookbook.com. All the traditional flavors, half the time. Highlands Ranch, Colorado 80126 + Autumn cooking reintroduces us to flavorful and enriching soup. Curried Butternut Squash Soup from Lea Ann Brown's CookingOnTheRanch.com is delish and nutrish. Highlands Ranch, Colorado 80126 + If you are looking for old school Denver Mexican comfort food, look no further than Sierra's Mini Chili Rellenos and Grandma's Green Chile. 10680 Cabela Drive Lone Tree, CO + Find The Village Pie Maker at Curate Mercantile for seasonal pies like cranberry apple or favorites like black cherry. Sweet comfort a' la mode. 8242 S University Blvd, #150 Centennial, CO

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Ted’s vision to get this all back to before the West was won, to save everything. It’s a continual process.” Vermejo is a paradise for hunters and fly fishers, artists, and photographers trying to escape the concrete jungle’s confines and see a living, breathing Western landscape being carefully curated. Herds of elk, deer, and feral horses roam the vast property. One of several success stories of Vermejo is the reintroduction of the Rio Grande cutthroat trout. Of course, the main attraction here is the renowned Castle Rock bison, a genetically pure herd with roots to the famous Yellowstone herd. It’s been a busy day. We sit down to dinner in the main lodge, a sprawling log-hewn building that houses the dining facilities and operations hub. Not too long ago, we’re told, before Ted Turner bought the property in 1996, ranch cowboys used to throw down pallets in front of the stone fireplace after a day’s labor. This evening’s dinner guests chat in buzzy excitement about their afternoon hunting ventures and what promises to be a hearty chef-prepared meal. The group seated next to us recounts their unforgettable excursion to harvest a bison. Down with one shot to the heart. The group was invited to participate in a culling of some of the aging bison—a way to strengthen the herd genetics. The dinner guests’ whopper story is the essence of why so many travelers make their way to Vermejo to take part in the incredible conservation work being done by Ted Turner’s staff of wildlife managers and scientists who are rebuilding the wild spaces and wildlife of the great American West. We’re staying next door at the ranch’s original residence called Casa Grande, built-in 1909 by Chicago grain magnate William Bartlett. He moved his entire family West with the hopes of

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alleviating his son’s tuberculosis. He ended up building a family compound that included opulent homes for his children, the hunting lodge, and other guest cottages. Casa Grande, with its marble-columned hallways and grand living spaces, is a 25,000-square-foot stone mansion whose seven renovated rooms can be booked individually or as a full buyout for larger parties. After dinner, we wander Casa Grande, that include a conservatory, sunroom, and sumptuous dining room with the original owner’s China on display. Complete renovations of Case Grande were finished in 2012, and each room was painstakingly appointed in antiques and other fashions to reflect its turn-of-the-20th-century aesthetic. We lounge on the living room’s deep blue velvet sofas, browsing a few of the hundreds of books lining the shelves around us, soaking in the history of not just this historical ranching property but Ted Turner’s own storied life. A rare Steinway grande itches to be played. And from the second-story balcony overlooking the room, of course, a mounted bison head holds court.

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LOCAL LIMELIGHT ARTICLE SONJA NIX

South Denver Strong EFFORTS TO SUPPORT LOCAL EATERIES DURING THE PANDEMIC BUILD UP COMMUNITY AND THE ECONOMY

FAVOR ITE HIGH E ND:

ABOU T: WHEN IT BECAME CLEAR IN MARCH OF 2020 THAT THE COVID

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PANDEMIC WAS GOING TO BE BIG, KRISTA SIMONSON HAD TWO THOUGHTS. First, what was going to happen to her and husband Dave’s

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20-year Real Estate Business, and second, what was going happen to all the other small businesses out there, particularly the restaurants they fre-

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quented? Not content to sit idly by as the economy crumbled, she and Dave took action. “If everyone could support one restaurant once a week, maybe

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we could all weather this together.” They then created the Facebook Page South Denver Food, and invited a couple friends. The page grew beyond friends to total strangers within two weeks, due to the positive nature of the posts, as well as the sense of community and collaboration it offered. Anyone who took a photo of the food and tagged the restaurant would be entered into a bi-weekly drawing for a $50 gift certificate. What encouraged them was the knowledge that supporting the economy would eventually be to the benefit of the entire community, their business included. In fact there was so much demand, they created South Denver Strong to support businesses outside of just the restaurant business.

WOR DS I LIV E BY:

“It’s all about building community & working as neighbors to make it happen. A strong and balanced economy serves us all.”

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FAVOR ITE QU ICK B ITE S:

FAVOR ITE MODE R ATE LY PR ICE D S IT DOWN :

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+ Cranelli’s owner Lasinda Crane is part of the flare, alongside the

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DAV E ’S FAVOR ITE FOOD:

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TOWN LITTLETON

Dirty Affogato + Rice Bistro offers vast GF menu options that suit everyone + High Low American Eatery‘s Burrata dish is a don’t miss. + Palenque delivers outstanding vegetarian selections and margaritas + At Nine Thai has the best Pad Thai in town

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