Black Bear Pass

Schofield Pass

Uncompahgre Peak

Ready or Not, Winter is Here!
We had a couple of feet of snow this weekend, and with these cold temperatures, I think the snow is here to stay! I cleaned off my Jeep three times since Saturday morning. As long as there is no ice to scrape off the windshield, I usually enjoy cleaning off the snow. It is against the law to let your car idle for more than three minutes in Telluride to keep the particulates in the environment low in the canyon, so you're pretty much on your own with scraping while the car warms up.

Garrett and the Nugget Theatre
I realized that Garrett has been neglected on my blog lately. The older he gets, it seems he is around less and less between working and being with his friends. He also works at least two evenings a week at the Nugget Theatre. He loves his job and I think it is really teaching him responsibility and how to manage money (or how to blow money and then regret it later, HA).

Barbara and Kelli's Visit
Barbara, Jay's mom, is definitely our most frequent visitor, but when she flew here last week she was accompanied by Kelli, Jay's sister!! It was Kelli's first time to visit us here. Our nephew, Josh is Kelli's son and he was moving into his Durango apartment, so it was the perfect time to help him get settled in and to see us in Telluride.

Maralee's Project
As a followup to the third grade trip to Mesa Verde and the Anasazi Heritage Center, the kids had to complete a big project in which they made something that they learned about and wrote two paragraphs explaining everything, then presented it to the class. Maralee chose to make pottery and really enjoyed it.

Telluride Miners Basketball
Saturday was Savanna's games against Ridgway and Ignacio. I was able to make it to the Ignacio game. They are a really great team and it was a challenging game for the Miners and even though we lost, I think they all did really great!! They just started practicing three weeks ago.