April 18 and I'm writing from my little horse ranch in Conifer at about 8000 feet. We are snowed in! I was able to keep my driveway open for most  of yesterday but I eventually got stuck-- even with chains. And now the snow has accumulated to a depth well beyond the capacity of my Ford F350 or it's captain.

We lost power some time after 2 AM as did all of Conifer and most, if not all of Evergreen. According to IREA we can expect to the power loss to last through the weekend and possibly as late as Monday.

I've called my neighbors who usually rely on me for plowing and they are all okay, hunkered down and waiting it out. Maybe we'll have a neighborhood Monopoly match later. One Belle Meade neighbor has a generator so we may head over there-- eventually. He's a Scotch drinker though so it could get interesting.

Anyway, it's springtime in Denver! It will be in the sixties by Tuesday and soon all this snow will be a distant memory. But for now it's time to play in the snow.

I have started to see signs of cabin fever in my wife though! It's been 3 hours since we noticed the power outage--she's starting to show some minor insanity. Most recently she asked if I would snowshoe to Starbucks to get her a latte. It's only 2.5 miles but I just don't see it happening. Maybe I'll make a run to Sushi Hai--I suspect they don't need power to make a big plate of raw fish!

Well we all survived! IREA had the power up at our place by Saturday evening. It was fully restored to all of Conifer later that night. Sunday morning I was able to dig out my plow and open up the road. Several LARGE trees came down around me while I was plowing. In fact one tree leaned over and caused a fire in my neighbors yard. The fire was contained without any help, the Elk Creek fire department scouted it but wasn't very impressed! All in all it was a great weekend. The snow provided a nice reprieve from the constant connection, whirls and buzzing, that we're so used to. At least for the Maioccos  it was a weekend of bonding over the Monopoly board!

Happy days!

Here's a link to my earlier article about Conifer Real Estate

And A Great Conifer Horse Property

And I wrote a little ditty about Evergreen real estate as well.