TRAPPED!

A Snowy Search For The American Girl Mine

Adventure may hurt, but monotony kills. 

A Joyous (read hilarious) Backcountry Snowshoe Adventure With Kelli and Caleb

It is said that even agnostics pray when caught by mountain misfortune...

Tragedy Strikes In Senator Beck Basin

Tragedy struck the day after I took this photo of Senator Beck Basin. This is where Bobbie and I, with some reluctance, I might add, drew a line in the snow. Tempting as Senator Beck was, is, and always will be, to take even one more step would be tempting winter's fickle roulette wheel of misfortune.

Blue Skies on Red Mountain

The Weather Guessers had predicted clear skies and strong wind up high. So I buckle under the threat and reluctantly slip Duo-Therm polypro Long Johns on under my usual pair of shorts. 

Layered Up in Lovely Ouray

It's not so much the snowstorms that dump feet of White Plague on Lovely Ouray, as it is the deep, penetrating arctic cold that follows in their wake. This morning I was Aqua Velva slapped in the face with a minus 25 degree windchill when I stepped out to shovel a skiff snow from the deck. Hmmm. Might have to pull on some long pants today...

Daylight Shortage Time...An Endorphin Fueled Christmas Muse

I was inspired by a recent blog post entitled, "Slowing Time," where friend Juliet addresses how she deals with life's anxieties and pressures. Her thoughts are especially relevant this time of year.