Barb

Dropped off my resort skis for a wax and tune this morning to beat the rush. Guy just called me and said they were ready to be picked up. That is some fast service! local FB guy just put out his preliminary forecast for the incoming weather system later this week. Could be hit or miss. Either way I am excited!!

I know deer are not so special but seeing 2 with full racks right off my driveway made me smile

No snow at our elevation at just shy of 8000’ but Mt Daly had snow last night. Zoomed in picture from our porch. Aspen mountain webcam this morning These 2 beauties visited us last night

@RidgeRacer been seeing all kinds of things on social media about that concert and how amazing it was. Cool you were there for it! I think today is absolute peak leaf color. It’s raining and foggy but just a few from the car on my way home and the last few days. 46 degrees and raining with a chance for a dusting of snow between today and tomorrow. Fire going, beef stew cooking on the stove

Is that a split board or just a graphic line down the middle? nvm don’t see any clips at nose or tail answered my own question.

Mornings are officially below freezing here now

I could never compete with you guys on no heat November. Yesterday was 50 and raining. We started a fire. mornings have been high 30’s

I am so excited for this ski season! Aspen projected opening is 11/23 but I think uphill is allowed 11/1. If I could uphill Tiehack @Buttermilk once a week I would be in such good shape. But if I could uphill once per week period I would be happy with that. Hope to ski at least 50 days this year, which would be a record for me. No new gear needed and this house has such limited space I have to be careful about everything I buy. They have tried to deliver my snowblower 4 times now and can never find my house since it does not appear on google maps. I guess that is my one big winter purchase. AIARE 2 class/ hut trip in the San Juan’s in Feb with my favorite guide/mentor. Hoping to spend chunks of time in CB also.

There was a dusting of snow on the high peaks today…..

7960’

Nights are in the 50’s. We open the windows and have a ceiling fan. And it is so pitch dark. I sleep like a rock here. Local guy said we are about 2 weeks away from first frost.

Thanks for this tip! We got an 8lb maul and husband is killing it. We had a good system going this morning, he would split large rounds in half w maul, then I would split with axe. After an hour I said I would be happy to just do the stacking. The lumberjack workouts are hard. 😂

Just booked a hut trip for February in the San Juan’s

Good advice! May just have to add this to the kit.

I mean I think they are knots. But they just don’t effing break

Edit; just realized this is NOt the new wood. He only cut wood that was old from last year. So why is it still so dense and hard to split?

Anybody know what this is? Having such a hard time splitting this wood because these branch things are growing inside the trees yesterday husband ran he chainsaw (I am still too chicken) and I did most of the loading/unloading of rounds onto the trailer. Did 3 trailers full I was trying to split some with the axe this morning at first. Was barely making a dent, then husband tried and he was having trouble too. I felt vindicated. Maybe it’s too fresh? Even our log splitter is having a hard time. New to all this so if anyone has advice I will take it.

It’s not ideal but that’s what we have up here and what everyone burns.

I like the Sierra club comment. Lol. Garage will be 25 x 30 with an upstairs man cave to prevent divorce.

No hoa but county rules are weird about percentages of trees you can cut down on your property without a permit. I definitely cannot begin to excavate without a permit but cutting is a gray area. You would think being here in no man’s land it would not be a problem. The Walton family (Walmart) owns land down the street from us. They were trying to build a bridge across the river and I guess did have permission for that. But decided to build up the bank and create a small “beach.” Someone found out and called the powers that be and now they are in some trouble. people do all kinds of shit up here. Generally I am a rule follower but I am running out of time before the snow to get this completed. Any corner I can cut I will.

Finally some progress! Started cutting down trees where our future garage will be. Still no permit due to factors out of our control. I was told there is a 50/50 chance I will get in trouble for cutting down trees without my permit but I was in a gambling kind of mood. When I showed my excavator the site he was like “Oh no problem”. Looks as gnarly as where the house site was, maybe more. they are making a nice fresh pile for us to cut for firewood. Although some went into the chipper I would have saved. I wasn’t going to run out there and be a Karen and start yelling. But in my head I was like why are you not saving that tree for us?

Nope. Do not need another hobby right now. I am fine being on the back.

Black Canyon of the Gunnison is a National Park. I have never been in the park but have done the road outside the park in a car and on back of the bike. My husband had his eye on another used bike but made the mistake of taking me along to Motorado. When I saw the K1600 I knew that’s the one we had to go with. I really like it. It’s a 2016 and only had 7500 miles. Looks like it sat in someone’s garage and is in perfect condition. BMW motorcycles now have key fobs and the guy who sold it I assume was a dick and sold the second fob on eBay or something. I mean who loses that? So we had to buy another one from the factory. BMW= bring more wallet.

Did a 4 hour ride today in the new (used) bike. BMW K1600 GT. It feels really solid, like it better then our old touring bike. About 165 miles then the last 20 min we got caught in monsoon rain. Lol. Did not go into the park but this is Black Canyon of the Gunnison. You can skirt the road on top without having to pay the fee and still see some nice views.

now that my shed is finally going up I ordered this bad boy.