Missing Spoon offers diverse international menu
The Missing Spoon is likely Buena Vista’s tastiest restaurant. In a town where most salads are iceberg and most silverware is not silver, the Missing Spoon stands alone as an eclectic, fine dining eatery. The menu runs the international gamut, from delicate chicken piccata to Baja fish tacos to a stellar Thai green curry and delicious Vietnamese spring rolls. The bistro’s fun fare is a tasty diversion from the upper Arkansas Valley’s plentiful and more traditional cuisine – authentic Mexican and lots of burgers. A decent array of beer and wine also separates The Missing Spoon from BV’s robust collection of Bud-and-Corona venues.
Get there: 314 Charles St., a couple blocks south of the light in Buena Vista. 719-395-0303 Got eats? Know a great high-country restaurant/bar/cafe/ burrito stand? Send tasty tips to outdoorextremes@denverpost.com.
Tinkering kayaker turns
love of coffee into mug
Legendary kayaking adventurer Reg Lake demands the best from his coffee. His daring whitewater missions to distant corners of the planet are often haunted by the varied vulgarities of instant coffee. Hence his BrewMug. The tinkering explorer has built an affordable, portable and lightweight drip coffee mug that delivers fresh-brewed joe anytime you’ve got boiling water and ground coffee beans. The simple design is a plastic mug mounted with a reusable filter that tucks into the mug during transport. Fill the filter with grounds – something fresh roasted, of course, and coarsely ground – and slowly pour boiling water into the mug. Voilá! You’re a backcountry barista. Lake makes each mug by hand at his Washington home and sells them for $16.
Order up a BrewMug at www.brewmug.com.
Camp Copper kicks off
summer season this week
Camp Copper, a summer day camp focused on participation- based mountain education, makes its debut this week, kicking off a series of seven distinctively themed five-day sessions for children ages 6-13. Each session between now and Aug. 4 includes traditional camp activities such as fishing, canoeing, hiking and climbing, along with theme-specific activities ranging from “Ooey Gooey Wet ‘n’ Wyld,” in which thousands of gallons of water create cool (and sometimes gross) science experiments, to “Topsy Turvy Time Twist Explosion,” in which every day is a different time adventure. Session-specific activities such as caving, fossil searches, river rafting, hikes up Fourteeners and trips to amusement parks also are included, along with at least one off-site “adventure day” and a family night. Camp Copper is designed as a full-week experience, but also caters to daily drop-in campers attending from one to four days while parents participate in their adventure opportunities at the resort.
Get there: For more information on Camp Copper, visit www.coppercolorado.com or contact camp organizers directly at campcopper@coppercolorado.com.
