Mr Estes Park

One thing about living in the mountains is that you also get to live with the wildlife.  My last post talked about the Coyote that was licking it's chops over the dogs we were watching.  It's a little early for the bears as we are still getting snow.  Our area however does have an increasing cat ...

When you live in the mountains you learn to watch out for critters that might think your cat or dog would just be a snack. We saw this Coyote strolling by as we were puppy watching this afternoon.  You have to keep an eye on the natural preditiors while loving your pets.  

Estes Park, Colorado is full of institutions.  Those glorious places that remind us of a time not so long ago that seems to be so lost.  If you need a haircut at Dermody's Barber Shop, you just walk in and sit down.  I can remember growing up in a small town in Nebraska with he same policy.  If y...

Springtime in the Rockies can be challenging some years, and this seems to be one of those challenging years.  We typically have springs a waterfalls that occur during the springtime that naturally come out of the rocks.  This year those springs are having difficulty with the freezing that seems ...

Driving back and forth between Estes Park and Allenspark to the Meadow Mountain Cafe we pass by Meeker Park Lodge.  The boards still cover the windows, and as you can see we are still experiencing snow in May here in the high country. There have been fleeting moments when I thought I should sit a...

Sometimes it's just nice to be able to get away from the world for a while, and kind of crawl back in time when life was simpler.  When you go to the Meadow Mountain Cafe in Allenspark that is just exactly what you get to do.  The Meadow Mountain Cafe has four stools at the counter and six tables...

Spring keeps trying to come to the Rockies, and it keeps losing to the snow and ice.  Here are a couple of pictures of the snow line today. We are living right at "Snow Line".  Everything above us is snow, and everything at our level or below is rain. It is increadable to look outside and see the...