Forget about resolving to lose weight, save money, or hit the gym every morning before work! 2023 is the prime year to get started on your bucket list, Colorado-style. If you’re looking to stay local, Longmont won’t disappoint. Embrace what this city has to offer by adding the following to your to-dos:
St. Vrain Cidery
St. Vrain Cidery is a wonderful place to visit, even if you’re not all that keen on apples. Rest assured, it has a flavor perfect for your palate. Well-known as the largest all-cider taproom in the entire state of Colorado, St. Vrain’s offers a spectrum of flavors. Choose from gingerbread, lavender, pineapple, sour cherry, salted cucumber, dry ginger, and many more.
Front Range Mercantile
The Front Range Mercantile is a family-owned flea market and antique shop that was established almost 30 years ago. Come find hidden gems among 21,000 square feet of handbags, holiday decorations, clothes, knickknacks, artwork, vintage furniture, toys, dolls, luggage, lamps, teapots, and just about everything else you might need. For the past 13 years, the Front Range Mercantile has won the Time’s Call Reader’s Choice Award for the best flea market.
Union Reservoir
Union Reservoir is a staple of outdoor adventure, especially as spring beckons and temperatures rise. Among its most unique features is the Union Sailing Club, one of the most active and largest in the state. This club offers weekly racing during spring, summer, and fall months along with regattas, social events, kid-friendly activities, and clinics open to the general public. If you’ve always wanted to learn to sail, here’s your chance to take a bow.
Shoes and Brews
Shoes and Brews is either a shoe store for drinkers or a watering hole for runners, depending on how you look at it. It’s a specialty running shoe company with a joint taproom and tons of Colorado craft beers to sample. It embraces socializing, as well, with group runs, half-mile beer price challenges, and local races. If you’re not all that into exercising, it’s the ideal place to entice you.
Cheesemaking Classes
The Art of Cheese was founded in 2014 by Kate Johnson and began with in-person classes taught near her dairy goat farm in Longmont. She started offering online classes in 2020 as a necessity of the COVID pandemic. Today, you have your choice of over 50 different classes available live or on-demand and online or in person. Learn to make dessert cheeses, hard cheeses, mozzarella, colby, havarti, and more. There’s even a class on healthy cheeses, just in case your New Year’s resolution involves lowering your cholesterol.
You don’t have to go far to find new and exciting things to do in 2023. You can make a dent in your bucket list without even leaving town. Fox Ridge Apartments in Longmont offers a quiet residential location, mountain views, and modern amenities. We’re the perfect place to call home. Contact us to learn more.