Kera Kapu stacks boxes of Trefoil cookies and prepares to load them into a car during a Girl Scout cookie distribution event at the Rocky Mountain Vibes stadium parking lot on Jan. 30, 2021. This year, cookies across the state will be sold through a pre-order system, in drive-thru settings or by way of scanned QR codes with drop-off delivery. (Forrest Czarnecki/The Gazette) (Forrest Czarnecki)
Girl Scout cookie season officially started on Saturday morning, amid the smell of mint, lemon and chocolate boxes stacked to the sky in the parking lot at the Rocky Mountain Vibes stadium. This year, cookie sales will be different than usual, with socially-distanced sales being the primary mode of purchasing and delivery. The famous sweets will be available through online pre-order systems, scanned QR codes with drop-off delivery and drive-thru settings across town.
Kera Kapu stacks boxes of Trefoil cookies and prepares to load them into a car during a Girl Scout cookie distribution event at the Rocky Mountain Vibes stadium parking lot on Jan. 30, 2021. This year, cookies across the state will be sold through a pre-order system, in drive-thru settings or by way of scanned QR codes with drop-off delivery. (Forrest Czarnecki/The Gazette) (Forrest Czarnecki)Monta Scott helps load up over 60 boxes of Thin Mint cookies into the back of a Girl Scout troop van during a Girl Scout cookie distribution event at the Rocky Mountain Vibes stadium parking lot on Jan. 30, 2021. (Forrest Czarnecki/The Gazette) (Forrest Czarnecki)Boxes of Lemon-ups wait to be loaded into troop leader vehicles during a Girl Scout cookie distribution event at the Rocky Mountain Vibes stadium parking lot on Jan. 30, 2021. (Forrest Czarnecki/The Gazette) (Forrest Czarnecki)Deejay Williams helps load boxes of Lemon-ups into a troop van during a Girl Scout cookie distribution event at the Rocky Mountain Vibes stadium parking lot on Jan. 30, 2021. (Forrest Czarnecki/The Gazette) (Forrest Czarnecki)Carol Rayburn, a co-leader with troop 40132, shows off her special cookie-themed mask during a Girl Scout cookie distribution event at the Rocky Mountain Vibes stadium parking lot on Jan. 30, 2021. (Forrest Czarnecki/The Gazette) (Forrest Czarnecki)A man who declined to give his name waits to hand off boxes of cookies during a Girl Scout cookie distribution event at the Rocky Mountain Vibes stadium parking lot on Jan. 30, 2021. (Forrest Czarnecki/The Gazette) (Forrest Czarnecki)The back of an SUV is loaded down with boxes of cookies during a Girl Scout cookie distribution event at the Rocky Mountain Vibes stadium parking lot on Jan. 30, 2021. (Forrest Czarnecki/The Gazette) (Forrest Czarnecki)Granet Kistler takes a couple boxes of cookies to the back of a car waiting in line during a Girl Scout cookie distribution event at the Rocky Mountain Vibes stadium parking lot on Jan. 30, 2021. (Forrest Czarnecki/The Gazette) (Forrest Czarnecki)A woman moves some boxes of cookies to a new pallet during a Girl Scout cookie distribution event at the Rocky Mountain Vibes stadium parking lot on Jan. 30, 2021. (Forrest Czarnecki/The Gazette) (Forrest Czarnecki)Monta Scott, left, receives a couple boxes of cookies from Deb Cisneros, right, while loading them in the back of a truck during a Girl Scout cookie distribution event at the Rocky Mountain Vibes stadium parking lot on Jan. 30, 2021. (Forrest Czarnecki/The Gazette) (Forrest Czarnecki)The last few boxes of cookies sit beside a pallet in the loading line during a Girl Scout cookie distribution event at the Rocky Mountain Vibes stadium parking lot on Jan. 30, 2021. (Forrest Czarnecki/The Gazette) (Forrest Czarnecki)Granet Kistler, center, carries a couple boxes of cookies to a car waiting in line during a Girl Scout cookie distribution event at the Rocky Mountain Vibes stadium parking lot on Jan. 30, 2021. (Forrest Czarnecki/The Gazette) (Forrest Czarnecki)Monta Scott, center, and Deejay Williams, left, work on loading up a van with cookies during a Girl Scout cookie distribution event at the Rocky Mountain Vibes stadium parking lot on Jan. 30, 2021. (Forrest Czarnecki/The Gazette) (Forrest Czarnecki)Cars wait in line and move between different cookie loading zones during a Girl Scout cookie distribution event at the Rocky Mountain Vibes stadium parking lot on Jan. 30, 2021. (Forrest Czarnecki/The Gazette) (Forrest Czarnecki)
