12-05-2021, 11:25 AM
My college roomie and I moved into the west apartment upstairs in the fall of 1975. Mike and Lorna had just bought the building. In lieu of a security deposit, we cleaned the place up; it was gruesome. We paid $150 a month rent. If we needed something from the store (usually Chips Ahoy cookies!), Lorna would do cashier duties.
We didn't have a car so hitchhiked to classes at CU and back on weekdays.
The post office downstairs was open, I don't remember who ran it, but our address was "General Delivery, Jamestown."
To take out the trash we walked or hitched down to the dumpster just below the Lefthand Canyon junction and walked back. Often, 3 or 4 neighborhood dogs would walk with us. My roomie's mom insisted that she move back to Michigan on winter break and I moved back to Boulder. Lot of fond memories of that time.
I moved back into the west apartment around the fall of 2003 and lived there for 4+ years. Mike and Lorna still owned the building. Suzie was primarily running the Merc, though who "owned" the business I don't remember.
We didn't have a car so hitchhiked to classes at CU and back on weekdays.
The post office downstairs was open, I don't remember who ran it, but our address was "General Delivery, Jamestown."
To take out the trash we walked or hitched down to the dumpster just below the Lefthand Canyon junction and walked back. Often, 3 or 4 neighborhood dogs would walk with us. My roomie's mom insisted that she move back to Michigan on winter break and I moved back to Boulder. Lot of fond memories of that time.
I moved back into the west apartment around the fall of 2003 and lived there for 4+ years. Mike and Lorna still owned the building. Suzie was primarily running the Merc, though who "owned" the business I don't remember.