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Driving snowy mountain roads

As I drove down off Berthoud Pass, the SUV that had been on my tail suddenly accelerated.  I instantly had a premonition of the car wreck before it happened. Sure enough, as it sped up heading into the switchback, the car did a 180 right in front of me, ricocheting…

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Hiking Through Snow

White caps.  Literally caps of white cover the trail in front of us.  As we ascend the mountain, they rise higher into points of white.  It’s funny, because I am reminded of a different place and time staring at those peaked shapes whipped up by the wind.  The winter of…

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Beyond two miles

The views kept getting better and better.  As soon as we broke out of the woods, and got above timberline, high peaks appeared in almost every direction.  I felt like breaking out into song. “Climb Every Mountain” seemed appropriate as we walked along the tundra, the large expanses of green bordering…

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Mountain driving & road rage

The little 4-door sedan that seemed just a little too clean, kept edging to the left, putting me that much more on edge.  Doesn’t he know he’s driving in the lane of oncoming traffic?  Why didn’t that truck just pull over?  The outdoor supply truck had Florida plates on it,…

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