In early June, 83-year-old Charles Collins took stock of his homestead near Galeton, a small town in Weld County, just northeast of Greeley. He surveyed the horizon for thunderstorms while Dusty and Pete, his cat and dog, rested on the porch.
“My wife and I are kind of, by virtue of our age, neighborhood pioneers,” said Collins, a retired University of Northern Colorado professor who taught geography for decades.
“I grew up in this neighborhood, so I’ve been essentially around here for 80 years,” Collins said…