I am a Colorado native having spent my childhood in Glenwood Springs and Aspen located on the western slopes of the Colorado Rockies. Although my relatives settled the area as early as the late 1800's, I didn't visit until 1967 when my dad introduced me to what he called "The Mythical Valley of Za" derived from the Custer County license plates. In those days the small mountain towns in Colorado had license plates beginning with the letter Z - ... Show more