Goodbye for now, but we'll be back!

Getting ready to leave time. I snapped a few photos while we were running around doing last errands. The photo of the miner's cabin at Star Mt. shows one that is still standing. Sadly, a lot of them are slowly collapsing and it's accelerated with the winter snow. Cannot imagine life for the miners & families in those cabins...
Last snowshoeing of the season today. After this, coyote & fox, you're on your own! Much warmer than normal today (30 & Gunnison got above freezing) Really crazy considering the newest burst of arctic cold is racing across the state headed east. Denver is 7 degrees.
We tried one last time to buy a fireplace screen. We were told "coming on the truck, coming on the truck" - whoops truck came and no screens. Maybe we'll find one when we're back in the spring. If you're wondering why we would need a screen when we have glass doors - well, we've decided that the new special state code very expensive firebox that you HAVE to buy if you want a woodburning fireplace now, is baloney pure & simple. The purpose is to make the releasing smoke out of the chimney non- polluting. Admirable, however we were getting about 50% of the heat into the house with those doors closed.
All the open barns in the area are still full of hay. We have watched the ranchers dump hay daily in the snow for the horses & cows. It'll be interesting to see if their stock of hay is all gone by the time we come back. There are a lot of months left of big winter here!
It has been magical to be here,but enough cold I think. We'll take a break and be back for the start of spring.
I've been asked to continue the blog even when we are not here on Star Mountain, and I 've decided to try. It could be life on star mountain on a beach vacation??