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As mentioned in an earlier post, one of our dogs, Shawnee, has been diagnosed with severe elbow dysplasia which has greatly curtailed her activity levels, or rather her ability to tolerate activity. She is unable to run freely without suffering great pain afterwards, so instead we give her short leash…
Continue readingIf you look at the weather records for Nederland during the last fifty years, March is one of the two snowiest months of the year. But in the five years we have been living in this mountain town, it just hasn’t been the cast, and this year is no exception…
Continue readingOne of the biggest snow storms in Colorado’s history walloped Nederland and the Front Range of Colorado. On March 17, 2003 the snow started falling and didn’t stop until two days later when anywhere from 5-8 feet of snow fell over foothill towns, including a whopping 87.5 inches in nearby Rollinsville. The…
Continue readingWell, put another one in the books. The annual Frozen Dead Guy Days Festival concluded and might has well have been renamed the Slightly Thawed Dead Guy Days. Festival organizers decided to bump the festival back to the second weekend in March, and might already be rethinking that decision, as…
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