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Peak to Peak highway

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Windstorm

As we drove along the Peak to Peak Highway, the winds buffeted my car.  I clutched the steering wheel as first one gust, then another, caused the car to shift sideways.  As we pushed on, the sand deposited by the CDOT trucks whirled into sandy, snowy cyclones that whipped against…

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The Grove that stops traffic

I knew I was getting close.  First one car parked on the side of the road, then another.  Pretty soon both sides of the road, car after car were parked one after another. People holding cameras, holding smart phones were crossing back and forth.  Several tourists lined the shoulder along…

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Moose hunting at Brainard?

Driving the road along the shore of Brainard, I spotted the large antlers poking above the willows, like a periscope of a submarine.  The large bull moose was intent upon eating, tearing at the supple branches of willows, one after another.  Other visitors pulled to the side of the road,…

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