All 10-year-old Zyair Abdullah-Jordan wanted to do was catch a fish. Even though there are plenty of fish in the reservoir at Eleven Mile State Park, the wind wasn’t in a mood to cooperate. It whipped the water and blew right into Zyair’s face. Just landing his lure in the reservoir seemed like an accomplishment.
“That’s part of the fun of it, right?” Zyair’s grandfather, Warren Tyson, said with a smile on his face.
These two were part of a group of black Coloradans spread out across the lakeshore for a weekend of recreation put on by, and for, people of color — the inaugural Blackpackers Summer Camp-out.
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