Good to see the mountains gleaming, and good to see they got at least a dusting of snow.
Looking 300° (yes, the tree is in the way) there seems to be haze up DRJIM's way.
http://every-blade-of-grass.blogspot.com/2020/10/crazy-windy-today.html
One lone lenticular cloud is to the North of Longs Peak so not much of a mountain wave, yet.
My sinuses indicate there is still smoke in the air but I will take this morning (not that I have a choice)!
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Definitely a be-you-tiful Fall day here, and thank God the smoke has abated some. I had to break in to my supply of Flonase the last month, and normally I only need it in the Spring.
Working on getting my ballot filled out. I found a good evaluation of all the bills/measures over at the Complete Colorado site. I had to google most of the people running for local offices. I wound up going with the people I saw on signs in yards with Trump signs. There's only ONE in our whole neighborhood. It's in the yard of a guy who owns a small business, and is a little island of red in a sea-of-blue neighborhood.
Sure glad we're going to a birthday party in rural Larimer County on Sunday! I'll be among my own Trump Tribe!
going with the people I saw on signs in yards with Trump signs
I like that!
Yep, weather is changing...
Jealous of your mountains!
LSP
Other than Army service, I've always lived within sight of mountains. The Rockies on both sides, The Wasatch (SLC), and Mount Rainier and the Olympics (Seattle). Several potentially lucrative jobs were declined over the years because of their location.
OldNFO
Forecast looks good for the next few days. Still, did my October ritual of checking the vehicles for tire chains, antifreeze, winter clothing, etc. New wiper blades are stashed in the "possibles" box. The "possibles" are items like brake fluid, tools, fuel deicer, breaker bar and socket lug nut size, tire chains, spare thermostat, duct tape, spool of wire, fuses, gasket maker, Chilton Manual, tire pressure gauge, antifreeze tester, gallon of antifreeze, etc.
My maternal grandfather's advice on traveling. "I don't care if you go naked, take all the clothes you possibly can". I have everything I need to survive 48-72 hours in a stranded vehicle. Not in great comfort, but survive intact.
It would be difficult for me to live a life on the prairie. I'm not putting it down, but as with you, mountains impart comfort.
I grew up kinda on the plains in Illinois, then lived half my life in a coastal desert. Since then, and "retiring to the mountains", I've come to find it quite nice to live on the interface between the plains and the mountains. They're both majestic in their own way, like the open ocean. Changing seasonally, but otherwise constant.
And it's really nice to be able to get in the car, and be at 10,000' in under an hour.....
LL
The prairie has it attractions. Places in Nebraska along the Niobrara River interest me. Alaska with ocean and high mountains attracted me in my younger years. Now, at age 76, the winters would be difficult.
rjim
The Rockies above timberline are places I go to clear my head.
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