Kent, Tyler and I returned to Coffee Pot this last weekend to explore the area more. On our way, we stopped in Eagle to purchase gas a beer. Upon entering the liquor store, we were greeted by an overzealous clerk who we came to refer to as “Tammy.”
We chose this name because it fit her appearance and personality: white trash West Sloper with caked on foundation, sparkly blue fake nails, cut-offs with a faded Old Navy sweatshirt. Not only did her she look the part, but her art of conversation matched as well.
“How y’all doing today? We got a lot of great specials — you like dark spiced rum? Great package deal here. Y’all see the new Jack Daniel’s bottles? They’re pretty mean looking.”
We told her we were just looking for cheap beer to take camping. She tried to derail our path to the Coors, and proceeded to take us over to the micro brew section.
“Got a lot of great package deals for Colorado brews. Ya ever have Dales? Sam Adams also gots a nice variety pack. We also got Shocktop on the other side of the store. You need gluten-free beer? Cause we got that too.”
After finally succumbing to a 12-pack of Dale’s, and two suitcases of Coors, the boys stopped to grabbed a bottle of Jim Beam.
“Is that glass? You should take plastic if you're camping. Don’t want any accidents by the fire and all.”
Since the store gave customers a free bag of ice for every case if beer bought, Tammy happily helped us carry the ice to the car, where she talked about being a member of the four-wheeler club in high school, all of her favorite campsites, and how she jumped out of the boat to wrestle her trout back after the line broke.
After what felt like an eternity of conversation, we were on our way to the Flat Tops. After an hour long Forest Road detour proved to be unsuccessful (warning: FR 62o SUCKS), we settled on a satisfactory campsite.
Then the rain came.
Scrambling, we managed to put together an okay shelter. The blue tarp covered the campfire, and enough room for three camp chairs. We feasted on hot dogs, beer and planned for a more successful outing in the morning.
The next day we found an awesome campsite on Heart Lake (as seen above with Moses). We moved our camp, and enjoyed the rest of our time at the lake. We watched a military helicopter practice landing (my pictures didn’t turn out), a lightening show from about 40 miles away, and did a little rock cookery again with burgers.
All in all, it was a very fun, memorable trip. My only regret is that I didn’t get a picture with Tammy. Here are the other photos though. And if you ever want to, I’m sure she’d love to chat you up at the Eagle Liquor Store if you ever have a minute or two.
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