Snowy peaks, colt, Flap, and rolling with the weather

Whetstone

Our Memorial Day weekend so far has consisted of having to scratch plan A, B, and half of C. A was camping (oh, yes, I hesitate to even mention it, since we bought equipment last summer and never went one time) which was cancelled due to weather - its been massively windy and now quite chilly,(snowflakes were in the air as we got home). B was projects, so just as well that was cancelled (cleaning and staining the deck and planting herbs - same reasons too windy and chilly. And C was only half-way cancelled - we took the jeep to Pitkin to go over Cumberland Pass - got to the top and couldn't go any further, big snow bank on the other side. Beautiful drive though, and then a detour up Gold Creek just to see. An interesting combination of new and old homes, with old abandoned mines and apparently one newly active.

Couldn't resist taking this - new or old?

 We saw endless beaver dams on the way too. Mark regretted not having a rod. Busy little creatures tons of downed aspen were clearly their handiwork. Are they helpful or destructive?

classic chewing

Isn't this a darling new colt? Two days old (seriously, we saw the mama the day before the big event.) There's always something to see on Ohio Creek Rd.

Finished with the reshuffling of the boxes, etc. to our new storage areas in the newly done basement. Both the cars fit back in their spaces in the garage for the first time in two months. Smoothest construction project we've ever had.
Flap is back! Lots of deer everywhere and they've started coming inside our fence. We're on the lookout for her twins, but they'll be harder to identify - she's easy with that flappy piece of ear.

For those who didn't know, Alaskan Copper River salmon is in stores now. Our lovely seafood manager at the local grocery here actually called me to let me know. I missed this brief window (two weeks) last year, so stocked up. Mark grilled some for dinner and it was terrific. I think it's only available on the Pacific/Western side of the U.S. though...
Update on recent books read: The Dark Enquiry by Deanna Raybourn -the most recent in her series - light, frothy English Victorian era murder mystery, and the second memoir by Alexandra Fuller set in South Africa: Cocktail Hour under the Tree of Forgetfulness. Loved both of them.