Spending the winter at 9500 feet altitude makes for interesting days.
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| A typical day up here starts off with temps in the single digits but sun and a nice view of the Elk Mountains in the distance. |
The birds wait for me to put out food for them first thing in the morning. The Ravens seem to prefer sweet grain goat chow over typical bird seed so they get a few scoops of it. |
| The songbirds and Steller's Jays like the bird seed and spend a lot of time at the feeder. |
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| Then it is time to get a bucket of wood to fill the firewood rack next to the woodstove in the house |
New Years day saw the burning of the neighborhood slash pile to celebrate the start of 2021.
That fire can really put out the heat. |
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| It was a nice day to be out |
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| That bonfire burns all through the night and into the next day |
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| We live in bear country so all trash has to be kept in a bear proof enclosure. Ours holds three plastic dumpster style cans. |
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| The lid raises for access to place bags of trash and the door on the front opens to allow trash can removal. So far no bear problems. |
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| When time and snow conditions allow it is time to uncover the snowmobile and take it for a ride |
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| It is fun to take the snowmobile out for a ride to check out the roads and trails in and around the neighborhood. |
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| There is an area in the back country where you think you are in Kansas seeing windmills |
I sleep well after a typical day here...
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