Well, I had an only-in-Colorado experience yesterday — skiing at Arapaho Basin the week after Memorial Day weekend is something I can definitely say I haven’t done before. I’m a pretty diehard skier, but even I was feeling a bit ambivalent about skiing in late May. But my sweet husband…
Continue readingEvery spring brings not just the greening of the hillsides, but the mud season here in Nederland. The normal mud season is late April/early May when the last of the winter snows melt. But this year, because of the prolonged rain through the month of May, we’ve had a second…
Continue readingAs part of my job with the Parks and Open Space, I help staff a booth at local festivals around the area. This weekend, Boulder held one if its biggest festivals, the Boulder CreekFest, with hundreds of tents spanning several blocks of Boulder’s main downtown area. Unfortunately, the Weather Gods…
Continue readingGrowing up in St. Louis, Missouri, I didn’t really give a whole lot of thought to car care. I figured you changed the oil now and then, and that was pretty much it. But living in the mountains, I realize how important it is to take care of your car,…
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