Change in Seasons...It's Here

[DD977GM2]

I'm with ya' Bailey, started preppin' some weeks back. Changed the oil in the snowblower and the generator, 280' of heat tape adjusted and re-secured on the roof, fresh synthetics in the engines, diffs & xfr case (still new winter tire shopping - "no more AT treads for me"), vehicles winterized, emergency bags checked & refreshed, snow shovels and supplies loaded, maint on the fireplace, and on and on...everything just "takes a little more" when you live in the high-country don't it?

PS - I was down-the-hill but my lady called to let me know it was snowing on the home-front. Nothing accumulated but...damn...snowed yesterday here and it is 28 degrees right now. I'm good, ski season is just around the corner.

What tires are you looking for?

[Hoser]

It was a bit cold on the bike this afternoon, but the crappy weather kept a lot of people indoors so the roads were mostly empty.

[sniper7]

few accidents today on the roads. I went out on the atv...took a couple hours to feel my left index finger after that. didn't have the right gloves with me.
back at home now in my blanket with my laptop! that cold came waaaay too fast. I was hoping for more of a gradual decline in temp! only in colorado!

[mx'r]

About 9" total snow today. Sun came out for awhile and took away half of it, but cloudy and heavy fog again. Round two maybe?

[tmleadr03]

I love winter. But I do live in Aurora. I have two cords of wood stacked up in my shed, and some that I didn't quite get to out in the current rain (dang nab it!!!). That will get its own stack tomorrow in the shed and used around middle of winter when it has dried out a bit. I do need to get a fire going as it is 59 degrees in the house right now. Burr. But the Baileys and hot coco is helping cut the chill a bit. Gonna do peppermint schnapps with hot coco next.

[DD977GM2]

I love winter. But I do live in Aurora. I have two cords of wood stacked up in my shed, and some that I didn't quite get to out in the current rain (dang nab it!!!). That will get its own stack tomorrow in the shed and used around middle of winter when it has dried out a bit. I do need to get a fire going as it is 59 degrees in the house right now. Burr. But the Baileys and hot coco is helping cut the chill a bit. Gonna do peppermint schnapps with hot coco next.

Tatties at your house tonight TMLDR?????

[sniper7]

Tatties at your house tonight TMLDR?????

Get a good enough party going and you wont have to worry about that fire!

[Bailey Guns]

Yet you live in the mountains and that is the one major reason I dont move to the mountains because Im so sick and tired of winter.
I spent all last winter drilling in North Dakota, 5 miles south of the border NE of Minot, and it was the coldest winter I have ever experienced.

Winter sucks anywhere...except maybe in the tropical zones. I'd rather live through winter in Bailey than the metro area any day.

It actually stays warmer up here during the really cold spells than it does in Denver. Frequently during the arctic cold snaps the cold air layer is too shallow to make it up this high.

I can't tell you the number of times I've left Bailey when it was sunny and 40-something only to get down to Denver where it's cloudy and 10 degrees.

[Bailey Guns]

Really pretty light this morning around 0700. Things looked almost black and white except for the changing aspens.

Thought these came out pretty good:



You can just see some touches of gold on the far hills:

[tmleadr03]

Get a good enough party going and you wont have to worry about that fire!

Too late.



And Peppermint Schnapps with hot coco is delicious!