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We just came back from a 5-day road trip to the Black Hills of South Dakota which was just amazing. While I love travel of any kind, there’s something that I particularly love about a good road trip in the western United States and this trip was no different. Being…
Continue readingWe’re up on vacation in the Black Hills of South Dakota this week. There’s a lot of wildlife and a lot of American Indian history up here. And the scenery is breaktaking and just really reminds me I am out west, with wide open spaces, vistas, and the horizon over…
Continue reading20,000 calories per day. That’s how much the average male black bear needs to eat in the fall to put one enough fat for winter denning. I call it denning because in reality black bears do not truly hibernate. Marmots are the true hibernators of the Rocky Mountains, those furry…
Continue readingI realize for many “socialism” is a dirty word. The strict definition of socialism is” cooperative management of the economy”, and I can tell you that the spirit of cooperation for the greater good of our community is alive and well in Nederland. And for the most part, the people…
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