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Colorado Rocky Mountains

Wildfire

Wildfire Awareness Month

Update:  A neighbor who lost their home in the Cold Springs Wildfire wrote me with two excellent suggestions.  Make sure you put the deeds to your vehicles as well as an extra set of keys in the safe deposit box as well.  Thanks for the suggestion, John! The month of…

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Lifestyle

The land of no cell service

Pulling into the post office parking lot in Nederland, I glanced at my cell phone.  As I touched the Message icon, I was surprised to see three new text messages, including one from my friend Carrie. “I’m in Nederland today, want to grab a cup of coffee?” I hadn’t seen…

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Weather/Climate

Thundersnow

The snow falling out side the window didn’t come down in gentle flakes, but rather violently, spewing pellets of snow through the trees.  As I marveled at this outburst from Mother Nature, a flash of light burst through the clouds overhead, followed by a rumble of thunder.  The last time…

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Lifestyle

You know it’s spring break…

You know it’s spring break, when most of the cars you see are sporting red and white Colorado license plates.  Red and white plates being the ones attached to the SUV or sedan coming straight from the rental car lot at Denver’s International Airport.  The Toyota Camry that is clean…

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