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[ski3pin]

Very, very nice Milt! Such a great way to tell your story. Thanks!

[4llamas]

Milt,
I am amazed how much description your few words carry when accompanied by a painting. My imagination is picked by every brush stroke.
Thank you so much.
JB

[milt]

The Telluride gondola is free. That evening at the campground I met a guy from Australia riding his bike from Canada down through the rockies to Arizona. I built an oak bike rack on the front of my truck and usually travel with a junker bike. I like riding in moderation. I usually go slow. I find that for me about 3 mph either biking, hiking, or kayaking is the speed that my brain can assimilate where I am.
So much emphasis in this culture on doing things. My contrary self is pretty content in just being

[milt]

Here's my old camper. It raises and lowers so there's less wind effect. I've had it for years, I paid $500 for it, and it serves me well.
Up on Mt. Evans there was a mama mountain sheep with a youngster next to the road. This is what they call the front range. When I get to Boulder I'll not draw every day but the trip continues.

[milt]

Riding the Boulder bikeways is a breeze with underpasses and creeks and even art. These guys were half done. They would use 4X8 sheets of reflective backed insulation boards to solar heat this north facing wall so the paint would stick.
It's reported that during the night mountain lions come down out of the hills to get at the deer right in town.

[milt]

No big crowds here at this time of year.
We go to the library every couple of days. Twice a month I go to a get-together called Socrates Cafe and we talk about philosophy.

[milt]

Boulder is a very interesting community. People here are a hearty bunch. The trails up in the mountains are almost crowded. Only the prairie dogs are fat.
The winter continues, I'm flying home for a month to deal with things there and give the garden a little attention.

[milt]

Living in Sonoma County is something to be thankful for.
The garden pretty much takes care of itself during the winters. The pond is spring fed and everything you see here is either natural or recycled.
I have to find a way to do some more scanning of drawings but I'll return.

[MarkBC]

Wonderful, milt!
I hope we see more of your trip reports here.

[highz]

Great stuff. Enjoyed your view of things.