The Davey Tree Expert Company
P.O. Box 5193
Kent, Ohio 44240-5193
Dizzying heights, dangling hundreds of feet above groves of
aspen speckled yellow by the oncoming fall. Ice-cold streams
and ponds teaming with cutthroat, rainbow, brook and tiger
trout. Town facades visually – and virtually – unchanged since
the mid-20th century.
Such adventures greeted Davey Chairman and retired CEO
Karl Warnke in the foothills of the Colorado Rockies as he hiked,
fished and relaxed in the mountains outside Colorado Springs.
Warnke and his wife, Barb, spent six days experiencing the
amenities of The Broadmoor resort, including The Broadmoor
Soaring Adventure zip line experience, the Ranch at Emerald
Valley horseback riding and hiking, and The Broadmoor's Fly
Fishing camp.
Warnke said the hiking, in the mountains at elevation, is not
for beginners. Mostly, the trip offered a fisherman's paradise.
But they also enjoyed the stunning views at Garden of the
Gods national landmark, the animals of Cheyenne Mountain
Zoo and the nostalgia found among historic Colorado towns
during their six-day excursion.
Warnke said it was their first time visiting the Broadmoor and
the surrounding amenities despite many business trips to
Colorado during his 40-plus years of service at Davey.
"It's a place I would highly recommend to anyone if you like
adventures," Warnke said. "My favorite part was the stream
fishing. My second favorite, and it's close, was the zip line.
The most exhilarating part was when you stepped off the
platform. It causes you to pause. I'm someone who finds
security being up high in a tree, but these huge trees below
in the valleys looked like scrub plants from the zip line. It
was like nothing I've ever been on before."
Davey Chairman and retired CEO Karl Warnke poses with the Davey
Bulletin and a new fishing rod and reel, retirement gifts from the
Davey Company board of directors, at a fly fishing camp on the
Tarryall River in Colorado. Warnke said all fishing at the rustic camp
is guide-led stream fishing. "They are very conscious of the way
you land and handle the fish," Warnke said. "It's a managed stream
professionally maintained to develop trout habitat." The trip itself
also was a gift paid for by contributions made by employees.
ZIP-LINING, TROUT FISHING
IN VINTAGE COLORADO
DAVEY AROUND THE WORLD
