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As I was out hiking in Rocky Mountain National Park today, I met a cute family from Missouri who had just arrived. They are just one of many Midwesterners who make the trek to the Rocky Mountain each summer. As I’m driving the roads around this area, I see countless…
Continue readingWith all the moisture and heavy snow we had through May, we were feeling pretty good about the lack of fire danger. It was one of the clearest Junes I can remember in a long time, and was also the only fire-free June for the region I can remember since we…
Continue readingToday as I was starting my drive home from Estes Park back to Nederland, the car in front of me swerved quickly as if to avoid something. Good thing I have anti-lock brakes, because a moment later I found out what that something was when a large bull elk was…
Continue readingOk, this is something I’ve been wondering about for awhile. Somehow, even though I grew up with a dog, I never noticed this until I adopted a dog after I already had two cats. The first thing that struck me as odd, was when I went to clean the cat…
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