It was time to spend a Saturday doing something other than Work on the House. So, we jumped in the plane (at the crack of noon) and headed to Cheyenne. Although a brownish haze blanketed the entire area, it was a good day to look around at the landscape of northern Colorado. The snow brings [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Colorado’
Uplift
Posted in travel, tagged airplane, Colorado, mountains, travel on February 19, 2012 | 5 Comments »
Wait five minutes
Posted in Home, winter, tagged Colorado, sports on January 7, 2012 | 1 Comment »
Since we moved to Colorado, people have been telling us that if we “don’t like the weather, wait five minutes.” While we were used to somewhat mercurial weather shifts in Oregon, I have to admit that the weather does swing rather abruptly here. For example, on Thursday it was sunny and the high temperature was [...]
Snow
Posted in winter, tagged Colorado on December 4, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Hooray for the next-door neighbor with the snow-blower! I usually like to get my snow-day exercise by shoveling the walks, but the driveway is not very fun or satisfying to do. This photo was taken yesterday morning, and now it’s snowing again. Since the high temperature tomorrow is supposed to be 11 degrees, the new [...]
Clouds of Colorado
Posted in Home, tagged Colorado, sunset/sunrise on December 3, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I used to rave over the skies of Klamath Falls, and now I have to admit the skies over Golden are pretty special, too. They’re different– Klamath Falls had such an open, expansive feel to it, while Golden is tucked in so close to the foothills that you can’t see what’s coming until it’s here. [...]
Nice Day for…
Posted in travel, tagged airplane, Colorado on November 6, 2011 | 2 Comments »
… an airplane ride! Yes, the airplane is back from the dead, back from Oregon, and Bo is back too. We flew east of Denver, out to the plains, checked out the small airports at Platte Valley and Fort Morgan. The plains are not as exciting scenery as the mountains might be, but I did [...]
October activities
Posted in hiking, Home, Uncategorized, tagged Colorado, holiday on November 3, 2011 | 3 Comments »
What have I been up to for the last few weeks, and why haven’t I posted? Well, I’ve started to feel like all my blog posts are about the garden or the dog or some other quotidian aspect of life… and then I realized that this must mean my life is quotidian. Or that my [...]
Caribou Ranch hike
Posted in hiking, tagged Colorado, mountains on October 17, 2011 | 2 Comments »
I drove up to the town of Nederland this weekend, and stopped at an open space park called Caribou Ranch. This park is unusual in that no dogs or bikes are allowed; I was a little surprised to see how many other hikers were out there, considering that most people on trails seem to have [...]
In which we cross the continental divide (twice)
Posted in travel, tagged Colorado, mountains on September 18, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Here’s what you’ve all been waiting for (or, just what I have a hang-up about, if Bo is correct): our first trip Up Into the Mountains of Colorado. Okay, we’ve driven up around Nederland a few times already, done the Lariat Loop and all that. But we haven’t driven over any of the big passes, [...]
Dog Days
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Colorado on July 4, 2011 | 2 Comments »
It must officially be summer here now. Not only is the temperature regularly in the 90s during the day, but the last ski area holdout (Arapahoe Basin) will be closed for the summer after today.We did our bit to be festive and participatory on Saturday, by visiting the farmers’ market in Longmont and then trying [...]
Dunes
Posted in travel, tagged Colorado, national_parks on June 4, 2011 | 3 Comments »
Last weekend, with Bo and his brother off to New Mexico for an earthen building event, I decided it was time to see more of this state that is fairly new to me. So, I packed Joda and a bunch of stuff into the car and drove south. And drove, and drove, and drove, and [...]
