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Mountain bike tourism is growing as communities embrace the economic benefits. However, rising housing costs, a shifting job market, and increased government expenditures may be an unintended consequence.

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It was certainly an ominous start. Gun metal gray clouds churned out sleet and the intermittent snow flurry, and each rude gust of wind had me retreating turtle-like further into my shell. At the Loma trailhead in Fruita on a late May morning, participants and organizers of the Tour de Bloom were adding layers, shuttling bags …

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Kokopelli.  The mention of it doesn’t mean much to most of us.  Wikipedia says that Kokopelli is a mystical, flute-playing Hopi Native American fertility spirit, a desert-mountain jester, alternately provoking carnal behavior, providing rain for crops, or intoning a healing melody — all by tooting his magical flute. In certain circles, though, the term “Kokopelli” …

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