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Avoiding wildlife accidents

I admit it.  I kind of zoned out on our way home tonight.  Screech!  As Bryon threw on the brakes, I came out of my stupor.  What happened? A young male mule deer, resplendent with a growing set of velvety antlers stood in the middle the road.  I hadn’t even…

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Mountain Lion sighting

It started out as just an ordinary commute, one of many he had done over the years.  Yet as he pulled out onto Boulder Canyon Road, something startlingly different happened.  Out of the corner, Bryon sees something moving on the right hand side of the road.  There are two of…

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Should I stay or should I go?

I arrived at my friend Caroline’s as the Mountain Peace Forum is picking up furniture.  It is the end of a chapter for my friend and neighbor.  After years of being part of our Nederland neighborhood, she is leaving the mountains, and joining the legions of residents living on the plains….

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Traffic

Like many other commuters around the country on a Wednesday morning at 7 a.m., I found myself sitting in a traffic jam on an interstate highway.  Unlike the rest of you, I am thoroughly baffled by this occurrence.  Why am I sitting in a traffic jam on westbound I-70 near…

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