“It’s on your left as you ride the chairlift. It’s towards the top of the tree.” What is it? Finally, I caught sight of “it.” A brown and black blob of quills clinging to the trunk of a fir tree near the top. Ever so slowly, it started to creep…
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When we first moved to Nederland ten years ago, we did so to live in the mountains. We didn’t know much about this town of 1,500, other than it lay on the doorstep of the Indian Peaks Wilderness. But we soon came to find out that throughout Colorado, Nederland had…
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Out on a cross country ski on The Grand Mesa, we enjoyed a Colorado Bluebird Day. Bluebird days are defined as the day after a snowstorm, when the sun comes out and the new fallen snow sparkles. It doesn’t get much better than going skiing on a crisp, sunny day…
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Walking the dogs in the morning is a perilous adventure this winter. With snow covering the ground and a layer of ice covering the driveway, I’ve had to equip myself in more ways than one. Ice grippers on the boots are imperative to prevent me lying on my back side. …
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