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A Wild Crane Chase

Where were the cranes? After driving four and a half hours, with the anticipation building, there weren’t here. Just a few ducks and a rogue goose. This was fast turning into a wild crane chase. It all started last week while listening to Colorado Public Radio. One of reasons I…

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Colorado Road Trips

Independence Pass

Providing the right music for our scenic drive, Bryon linked his iTunes to the car stereo.  Soon, the twanging of the guitar was accompanied by those famous words: Now he walks in quiet solitude the forest and the streams Seeking grace in every step he takes His sight has turned…

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The Fourteener Mystique

If you don’t live in Colorado, it’s hard to explain what the attraction is for people to put themselves through such suffering as traipsing up a 14,000 foot peak.  But in Colorado, climbing Fourteeners isn’t just a hobby, but is something of a cult following.  It’s hard to live here…

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Early Color Change?

This past weekend as I was working in some of our local parks near Nederland, I noticed the Aspens are turning yellow.  Now that may not seem like a revolutionary idea, until you look at the calendar, and realize we are only in the first week of September.  Today we…

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