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Rocky Mountain National Park

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Heel to Toe

I was out hiking the other day with my husband and our two dogs and was feeling a little off.  I joke that I’m feeling my age, but as I get a bit older, I do feel those aches and pains a bit more each day.  My knees ache coming down…

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The Runoff Season

Today, temperatures in Boulder reached almost 90 degrees, and highs here in Nederland approached 80.  It feels like we went straight from winter to summer with about two weeks of spring in between.  Such is the weather along the Front Range of Colorado, where if you don’t like it, wait a…

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Scary Mountain Roads

Trail Ridge Road in Rocky Mountain National Park just opened for the season this past weekend.  This week, I reflected on my four seasons of working at the visitor center and a question I got many time from visitors.  Inevitably every day, some intrepid family from Texas or Iowa would approach the…

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Water, Water, Everywhere

We’ve still got 6-7 inches of snow left over from our mega-snowstorm from last week, and water is oozing from everywhere.  The snow had a very high amount of water content, and as it melts, the soil is becoming saturated with all that water, and there is mud and seeps running…

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