Can Estes Park ever help itself, or will it remain the gathering place of uneducated Coloradoans
Estes Park residents appear way too many times in the newspaper for DUI charges and driving without a license, leading me to believe that an IQ test of even the most "educated" of Estes Park's residents would likely place it at the bottom of all Colorado towns not named Springfield. (For those who don't know it, Springfield is an actual town in Colorado - that was not a bad Simpson's joke.)
I have been listing timeshares at unbelievably low prices for a week's stay at fantastic destination resorts in Hawaii for the past few weeks on the various Estes Park relevant FB pages with no luck, which is not surprising, given that most Estes Park residents cannot read and do not know how to use Facebook beyond filling out personality quizzes. Taking advantage of these timeshares requires booking a last-minute flight, which, again, Estes Park residents are unable to do for themselves when their travel agent goes on vacation. So I've been using them myself, or selling them to relatives. Or people who don't live in Estes Park.
I get that some Estes Park residents may not understand how timeshares work or how people occasionally need to resell one of their weeks to recover at least a portion of their maintenance fees, but it's not rocket science, or even science, or even recycling, which Estes Park has mastered to the level of knowing how to recycle books and send their trash to the Goodwill.
But when half of the town is paid by the tourism industry, and two major lodges in Estes Park are partly or wholly timeshares, you might think someone besides me might understand how they work, and how to take amazing vacations for 1/4 to 1/8 the cost of regular vacations.
In any event, I know how to benefit from them, and for those able to take vacations (meaning 95% of the retired Estes Park populace), I'm sorry that you are unable to benefit when someone hands you a silk purse rather than a sow's ear, and you instead overspend for crap lodging at lesser destinations.
Let's see how long the one pictured goes ignored or foppishly handled by Estes Park citizens ("Is it still available? Oh wait, I thought you were selling me the entire resort for $250. Plus I can't go because I'm on dialysis."). I just posted a week at the Marriott Waiohai on Facebook, and yes, it does require a airplane ticket purchase less than Estes Park residents' requisite three-month advance notice to practice fastening a seatbelt or packing a carry-on, but if you have eyes and ears and access to a computer, either you already know the Price is Right value of this resort, or you can learn. It certainly ain't $250 for the week, and you would be lucky to find it for $250 for the day.
But Estes Park's rank and file are unable to pull themselves from the slime, apparently, and wouldn't recognize Parousia if they were spotted the J, E, and two S's.
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| This is a hotel. On a beach. In Hawaii. Where it is much warmer than Estes Park this time of year. I'm selling it for $40 a day. This is what is known as a gift. Estes Park residents apparently think it is someone's used 1981 Ram pickup. |
I have been listing timeshares at unbelievably low prices for a week's stay at fantastic destination resorts in Hawaii for the past few weeks on the various Estes Park relevant FB pages with no luck, which is not surprising, given that most Estes Park residents cannot read and do not know how to use Facebook beyond filling out personality quizzes. Taking advantage of these timeshares requires booking a last-minute flight, which, again, Estes Park residents are unable to do for themselves when their travel agent goes on vacation. So I've been using them myself, or selling them to relatives. Or people who don't live in Estes Park.
I get that some Estes Park residents may not understand how timeshares work or how people occasionally need to resell one of their weeks to recover at least a portion of their maintenance fees, but it's not rocket science, or even science, or even recycling, which Estes Park has mastered to the level of knowing how to recycle books and send their trash to the Goodwill.
But when half of the town is paid by the tourism industry, and two major lodges in Estes Park are partly or wholly timeshares, you might think someone besides me might understand how they work, and how to take amazing vacations for 1/4 to 1/8 the cost of regular vacations.
In any event, I know how to benefit from them, and for those able to take vacations (meaning 95% of the retired Estes Park populace), I'm sorry that you are unable to benefit when someone hands you a silk purse rather than a sow's ear, and you instead overspend for crap lodging at lesser destinations.
Let's see how long the one pictured goes ignored or foppishly handled by Estes Park citizens ("Is it still available? Oh wait, I thought you were selling me the entire resort for $250. Plus I can't go because I'm on dialysis."). I just posted a week at the Marriott Waiohai on Facebook, and yes, it does require a airplane ticket purchase less than Estes Park residents' requisite three-month advance notice to practice fastening a seatbelt or packing a carry-on, but if you have eyes and ears and access to a computer, either you already know the Price is Right value of this resort, or you can learn. It certainly ain't $250 for the week, and you would be lucky to find it for $250 for the day.
But Estes Park's rank and file are unable to pull themselves from the slime, apparently, and wouldn't recognize Parousia if they were spotted the J, E, and two S's.
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