Friday, February 18, 2011

Flakes of snow, huffing and puffing, and animal tracks

The big snowstorm predicted here did not materialize. We(Star Mt) got 2 inches, Crested Butte got 3 + 6(sort of medium for them), and Gunnison zip. Since we're 1000 feet higher than Gunnison, we seen to always get stuff they don't.
Continued the endless deck shoveling/chopping and finally Mark was able to get the grill out from the ice. Yes, we're part of that crazy group who grill all year round no matter the weather. Yummy ribs last night!

Went to the gym in town again. We're trying to stay on a decent workout schedule while we're here. This gym has a ton of machines (I avoid the ones that either look torturous or scary) and a number of people working out, who, I swear, do not have one ounce of body fat., You would never know this country has an obesity problem around here. This area is a place of extremes: temps, snow, and endurance sports. Even the animals are tough. They're out all winter in minus 24 and worse, and seem fine.   I feel - puny....

I want to mention an amazing hand cream, and no I'm not selling it, nor work for them. This isn't even new, I got it last summer. But it's awesome for dry skin, and boy, you really get dry skin here - no humidity at all. And it smells great...

Went snowshoeing again and the Adams trail is finally getting traffic, Saw fox and coyote tracks, a pee marking, and a large bone in the middle of our trail. Why was the coyote dragging this around and why did he leave it?

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