Remember the days when you weren’t constantly bombarded with your friend’s unsolicited political rants, vacation photos and nagging emails? Yeah, me too…good times! You know what else I remember? Doing these 12 things in Colorado before the Internet took over our lives:

1. Blindly going to Casa Bonita without knowing what to expect.
Yelp
Believe it or not, Yelp used to not be a thing!
2. Navigating through town with just a map.
Flickr/Alyson Hurt
Sometimes, we'd get lost... but at least it was an adventure!
3. Buying Christmas gifts at Cinderella City (because Amazon didn't exist).
Wikimedia Commons
R.I.P. Cinderella City.
4. Meeting new people in person.
Flickr/Erich Ferdinand
Swiping right wasn't an option.
5. Visiting Roxborough State Park without having to worry about documenting it on Instagram.
Flickr/Wally Gobetz
Roxborough State Park obviously doesn't need a filter.
6. Challenging our friends at the video arcade...
Manitou Springs Penny Arcade Facebook
Xbox? Pah-lease.

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7. ...meeting our friends at the roller rink...
Brush Roller Rink (Unofficial) Facebook
...and not online.
8. ...and bowling over the competition.
Yelp
9. Taking long scenic drives along Last Dollar Road.
Flickr/tvisser01
Just us and our trusty map!
10. Watching movies at the theater or renting them from the neighborhood video store.
88 Drive In Theatre Facebook
Don't forget to rewind!
11. If we had a question, we consulted one of these.
Flickr/Jacqueline Poggi
Siri was nowhere to be found when you needed her.
12. Finally, we had to call our friends from payphones whenever we ended up on the wrong side of town.
Flickr/Atomische * Tom Giebel
No cell phones. No Google Maps. No good.

What do you remember doing before the Internet?

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