Little Highway Town Gets Cooler Every Year

My favorite little highway town in Summit County, Colorado keeps getting cooler every year. Silverthorne wasn't much more than a few gas stations and an old "BA" when I was in high school, skipping way too much school to ski. Then along came the Outlet Mall, and over the years, all that sales tax revenue has allowed the little town by I-70 to develop some great trails and bridges, an indoor water park, landscaped medians on Highway 9 and redevelopment of some high visibility properties. The Three Peaks Golf Course is looking great too, in spite of all the beetle kill. Just today, the town got conditional water rights that will allow it to build a new kayak park. How cool is that?!? We can now do all my favorite mountain sports in Summit County. I'm going to have to get a kayaking wetsuit next season, though. The water that comes out of Dillon Reservoir is ALWAYS cold. But on hot summer days in July and August, who cares?