Loud noise, signs of bear awakening, and grassfire

First, the second tub made it -undamaged. Confusion over which trucking company was bringing it - turns out there are two different drivers from two different freight companies with the first name Nick. What are the odds? Sheet rocking today, on Saturday no less, by far the noisiest thing that's happened so far. I'm hiding out in one of the upstairs bedrooms as I write. Moving forward on this basement project is all good - definitely will put up with it.

Little bit of drama yesterday afternoon, a grass fire on Ohio Creek road - not close to us, way the other direction closer to Gunnison. 200 acres burned,homes evacuated, but all is peaceful today thank goodness. We drove by the area, looked like it missed any structures and all the ranches seemed to be as norm - cows eating hay, dropping babies, the usual.
Speaking of ranches, it has been amazing watching the mass of baby calves being born within hours of us driving by. We can tell now which are the newest - no ears tags yet. The ranchers been moving cattle to different areas (on the way to CB there's virtually no cattle to be seen right now), and started dragging the hay fields where they "deposited" natural fertilizer. Having had this all over my car more than once, it's quite the pile of stuff.

Bear activity is beginning, not by or close to us yet, but a sure sign of spring - just outside CB at our curtain/blinds store. The trash dumpsters are irresistible. I will be on the lookout on my woods walk soon - whistle and spray in hand.
Mark played golf at our local course for the first time in 5 months - crazy!  He said it was ugly, but happy to get out.
And looks like our little Western State College is making a modern move. The board voted to make it a university - taking effect this summer - name will be Western State Colorado University. Has a nice ring don't you think...

The lack of travel for the last couple of weeks is ending. Mark heads out Tuesday for a long schedule of multi-cities, and I head out Wed - first to visit my parents (Dad will have just come home), and then off to Reston to visit Miss Penny, Tiffany, Chris, Heather,and Jay for a long weekend. Mark will be able to fly in for a shorter weekend visit in between cities - great!

For the record - here are views of Carbon, Whetstone, and the Anthracites on April 1. This blog serves many purposes, not the least of which is keeping an accurate record of events, animal sightings, snowfall, etc.. You know, you think you can remember past happenings with precision , but I,at least, cannot...