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You know it’s spring break…

You know it’s spring break, when most of the cars you see are sporting red and white Colorado license plates.  Red and white plates being the ones attached to the SUV or sedan coming straight from the rental car lot at Denver’s International Airport.  The Toyota Camry that is clean…

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It’s Dead Guys Days again

The iconic FDGD appeared at the traffic circle again, and I thought “is it time again already?”  This weekend harkens the 17th annual Frozen Dead Guy Days festival in Nederland, when around 20,000 people from far and wide will descend on our tiny town in the foothills. For small mountain…

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Some day…

Many years ago when I worked for the C&O Canal National Historical Park in Maryland, I had an interesting conversation with a co-worker, Lorraine.  I always enjoyed talking to Lorraine, because she was one of the kindest people I knew. “So Lorraine, how long until retirement?” “I only have one…

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Youth in conservation

“You were a Park Ranger?  My son wants to become a Park Ranger, can you talk with him?” Such is the conversation I’m having with a woman I met on the trail last summer in the Indian Peaks Wilderness.  It’s a common question I get when people found out I…

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