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When Bryon and I bought our house in Nederland, we knew that part of mountain living would be learning to coexist with wildlife. But the wildlife we had in mind was more on the order of coyotes, foxes, deer, elk, etc. What we didn’t have in mind was the wildlife…
Continue readingRiding the chairlift, I asked the two skiers to my left if they were having a good day. They replied enthusiastically about how great it was to ski the “powder”. Powder, what powder, I’m thinking. Sure we got a couple of inches of snow last night, but any Coloradan knows…
Continue readingWhen the snow flies and temperatures drop, we humans bundle up. We boot on our snow boots, don our hats and gloves and jackets to prepare ourselves for the great outdoors. Our dogs seem like they are all ready to go with their fur coats — what more could they…
Continue readingToday, as I drove to the ski resort for my first official day as a ski instructor, butterflies in my stomach, I reflected on jobs like this one. Jobs that the public views as someone who must be an expert, and really knows what they are doing, simply by representation…
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