Just for fun I slapped some old photo effects on this fine trio to highlight their vintage. The Poudre River bike trail goes right between this trailer park and the river. There are lots more old cars in this area for future pickins.

This is a documentation shot of the Cache La Poudre River. It’s been just a trickle all winter. Today is the first day I’ve seen it starting to really flow. I’m also amazed how high the sun is now on my morning commute – the sunrises are long gone!

How risky is it to take the bike out for a ride? As with most activities, it’s fairly well known how many injuries and fatalities occur in a given year, but out of how many cyclists? This estimate based on bicycle sales of 87 million seems a little high to me, but lets go with…

I’m continually wondering about the risks involved in the outdoor activities I love. I probably won’t ever get a clear answer for most of them, because most have too many variables and too little data available. Still, I keep coming back to the questions. Shouldn’t it be possible to at least come up with a…

My attention has been drawn recently to the number of junked cars along my commute. These two have been abandoned in the pen, while a slightly more hopeful-looking GT awaits work in the driveway. My money’s on the horse.

I’ve been waiting for the day the sun would pour out from behind this old building onto my bike route. A bunch of condos are being built across the street to the left that mimic this brick architecture, so I guess it’s still influencing the community 87 years later in a way none of the…

I’ve been going into the winter backcountry all my life, and it’s been a little tough to admit that I don’t know squat about avalanche danger. Finally I attended a free REI class, feeling sure I would just be verifying my ignorance and finding out how many thousands of dollars worth of gear and classes…

The high today was 11 degrees Fahrenheit. We didn’t think we were missing winter, but this weather brought an unexpected feeling of relief. We know from the one cold snap earlier in the season to leave a tap running in temperatures like this, but today held another lesson for us. The running tap kept the…

At last, some significant snowfall! It looks peaceful, but it was 12 degrees with a ripping wind, and I almost froze my fingertip off taking this shot. A break in the clouds over Wyoming put a soft pink line between heaven and earth.

This is a pair of Common Goldeneye ducks, several of which visited our lake on my walk this morning. They were all paired up already, but the drakes were still doing their mating call. They stick their head in the water, then throw it all the way back until it hits their body, emitting an…