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During the fog and flurries, up to 20,000 people made their yearly pilgrimage to Nederland for Frozen Dead Guy Days this weekend. Most come for the novelty and to drink, drink and drink as much beer as possible while watching the wacky events that comprise this weird festival. Weird, because…
Continue readingAfter weeks of weather that seemed more summer-like, winter came back with a vengeance today. It started early this morning with those first few flakes of snow wafting from the sky. Not even an inch had fallen by the time people headed off for work — no big deal. But…
Continue readingTractor-trailers jack-knifed into a ditch. Small sedans sliding backwards down the hill. It’s like navigating a slalom course of cars stuck hither and yon all over the roadway. What started out as the routine commute to get home had turned into an endurance contest of navigating cars spinning out of…
Continue readingA few days ago I wrote of how the natural world adjusts to the changing weather and prepares itself for winter. But with the change of seasons, the residents of this mountain town engage in their own personal autumn rites to prepare for the impending snow and wind. I was…
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