December 2016

Early in December, we had some nice storms up higher, followed by beautiful blue sky days.  We drove up to McClure Pass with our telemark skis a couple times to enjoy a few turns.  Up there, the sky wasn't just blue, it actually had a purplish tint.  After I got home and saw it on the camera uploads, I though something had happened with our $13 Ebay-purchased digital camera, but the next time up, there it was again.  So pretty, and the skiing was spectacular.  Here's a link to a couple of Youtube videos I uploaded, one of Jeanne whooping her way down a backcountry powder slope, and the other with me chasing her through the trees on the way back to the car.  Days like this completely make me forget what cabin fever is, for a few days anyway.

 

 

Hey, who says I can't use our blog to sell things?  Here's a trusty 1993 Toyota UHaul box truck.  Only 204k miles, with 20k on a motor that was rebuilt by UHaul just before we bought it.  We used this to move ourselves back out to Colorado 9 years ago, then to move up to Paonia from Pagosa Springs, then as a tool truck for a home renovation project, then as a storage shed.  Having built a storage shed last year, it's time to see if someone else can use this beast.  Fixing it up to sell was one of Linc's December projects.  Might be asking too much at $3000.  It hasn't sold yet (as of Feb 2017).

Another of his December projects was to rebuild the front suspension fork on his mountain bike, then to forget to tighten the front stem before taking it for a test ride.  That bit of absent mindedness resulted in landing on the frozen dirt road on one knee, a couple weeks of hobbling around stiff-legged, and a couple acupuncture sessions from our good friend May.  Thanks May, this made for a nice picture.

Now don't you wish you could have a family Christmas photo like this one?

This is a better photo, even if it doesn't have a goat in it (well, it does, Tulip is there, she's just hard to see).  Happy 2017 everyone!