MAYESVILLE, Colo. — It’s a little bit different in Salida, Colorado.

You’re more likely to hear the Arkansas River roll through town than rush hour traffic in the city, and coffee brewing at Brown Dog Coffee instead of an occasional frustration honk in downtown Denver. It seems Denver drivers honk for two reasons, if they honk at all.

“It’s either the double quick friendly honk or the long get out of my way honk," said Parker Loyd at Subculture Cyclery in downtown Salida.

“You kind of hate to use the horn unless I see a friend, then it’s the beep beep and wave," said Salida realtor Martin Epp.

But if you ask the question about honking in Salida, it seems everybody knows.

“They’re talking about the Honk House,” said Ray Kitson, owner of the Boathouse Cantina on the Arkansas River in do

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