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October 2016

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The Boulder Canyon Trail

I stand at the bridge mulling it over.  I could go right and have the much easier run.  A mostly level jog, but with a lot more people and a more citified experience.  Being a rather a warm evening, I chose the more difficult path, but the cooler one.  I…

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Hunting and gathering

A blur of black zipped across the ground and up the trunk of the mighty Ponderosa Pine.  He disappeared from sight momentarily.  Then he reappeared as he darted out on the limb of the tree.  The tufts of his ears stood straight up as his eyes darted from side to…

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Safety in numbers

The car ahead of me stopped abruptly.  As darkness descended, I could just make out the ears.  The very large ears.  The female mule deer is waiting on the hillside.  Two smaller deer, their spots almost faded stand near her.  The car finally moves ahead and I peer to both sides of…

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Ski Season Begins Anew

A brilliantly sunny fall day.  Blue skies, temperatures in the 50s, a few gold leaves hanging around.  A typical fall day just about anywhere in the United States. But make a drive up Loveland Pass today, and as you cross over the Continental Divide and head down towards Breckenridge, white snow…

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