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The last several weeks have been quite snowy and stormy throughout Colorado, especially on the Front Ranger where we live in Nederland. After a snowstorm the night before, I was driving along the Peak to Peak Highway, and couldn’t help but marvel of the beauty of the high peaks covered…
Continue readingI wrote in an earlier post about the great history of the Ski Train, the train that ran on weekends from Denver’s Union Station up to Winter Park Ski Resort for many decades. I had also mentioned that it stopped running in March, 2009. Well, in conjunction with Winter Park’s…
Continue readingWhile I love living in the mountains in a more remote environment, it can feel isolating at times. Maybe because of this, and the many days I spend alone in our house, our pets have taken on even greater significance to me. So when we woke up yesterday morning to…
Continue readingAs I was driving down to the Nederland transfer station yesterday, I saw a curious sight – a single file line of firefighters walking down Ridge Road, complete with Nomex yellow shirts, green pants and hard hats. It seemed so out of place with the 3-foot banks of snow lining…
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