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Nederland March Night Skies

There are 254 named stars; here's how to learn them all

It is fairly common up here in the Peak to Peak region for there to be a cold day in July, but a warm day in February has been unheard of until this very unusual winter.

Some Words for the Week

I must have driven this canyon a few thousand times in my life I’ve driven it too fast when I was a teen

It has been said that at one time “the plains were black and appeared to be moving.

Not many people get boos when they give their graduating high school class’s valedictorian speech. But I nailed it.

The story of Caribou Cemetery

The ghost town of Caribou was occupied from 1870 to 1917.

Some Words for the Week

driving home under the sunset I watch a few hundred geese fly over the highway

Mountain Spirit Astrology

The spirit of self-efficacy demarks a new cycle for Pisces.

I know somebody who has a Colfax tattoo. I know folks who won’t go anywhere near it.

While winter activity in the wild might seem to hunker down for the season, life still goes on.

all the vastness we've lost

you once told me on the weekends you’d rent a horse and ride along the river

Nederland February Night Skies

Blessed with dark skies (as long as Eldora doesn’t start night skiing), our Peak to Peak is a terrific venue for night skies.

Discover Colorado: Love's journey

Sitting on the dash was a small decorative pouch with colors of fuchsia, light blue, and yellow, stitched into satin. Looking out onto the open road, I felt a sense of comfort knowing the contents were the ashes of my partner's late father.

Some Words of the Week

it is said in Hawaiian indigenous traditions that to know the winds of a place is to know the place itself

Some Words of the Week

there was a gas leak on my street and so the power company came and cut up the road

Life in Nature: Lords of Winter

Light snow falls from the sky into the woodland clearing as the day’s remaining sun makes its way through the somber gray clouds slowly drifting over the peaks above.

Mountain Spirit Astrology

The Sun in Aquarius is the visionary who assists us in designing our future. For you this grants the ability to manifest your dreams.

Some Words for the Week

I wake thirsty and empty the glass I keep on my nightstand then go to the bathroom

Finding reason in Denver’s Washington Park and Americana lyrics

Some Words for the Week

gotta take the truck in again the light just came on and it’s shuttering when I start it up

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