Buena Vista, CO latitude N 38°51′47″ longitude W 106°08′40″ elevation 8082’
The Colorado Supreme Court decided not to hear the adoption appeal filed by the Northern Cheyenne Tribe. The Tribe can still make several legal maneuvers, but I think this last decision is the beginning of the end of the fight. The adoption could be finalized this year.
We kept our granddaughter, Diamond, for the day June 1st while our kids rafted the Arkansas River. We had a great time playing in the local BV Park and blowing bubbles. Three and a half year olds are amazingly easy to entertain. Just add pizza and you have an instant party. We had a cook out for all when the kids got off the river. The river is really high with all the spring runoff making for a wild and wet raft trip. Five people lost their lives on the river in June. People just don’t realize how powerful running water can be.
We did a lot of riding this month. While out on one of our ATV rides, Susan and I saw more Bighorn sheep and I still didn’t have my camera. These sheep were within thirty yards and took turns posing on a cliff just above us. Sorry, no pictures of these either. Ok, twice is enough, I’ll start carrying the camera. We are hooked up with the local four wheeler club and are participating in the organized rides.
On the way back from one of these rides we witnessed a horrific automobile accident. A small pick up truck that was approaching us drifted off the road to the right. The driver over corrected, went into a sideways skid back on the road and rolled four or five times. I was the first on the scene. The truck was on the passenger’s side. There were two elderly people in the truck who surprisingly were still alive. Both had head injuries and bleeding badly. I made them as comfortable as possible without moving them. We left after the emergency medical services people got there.
I’ve been accepted for a local team to help map out ATV trails in the San Isabel and Pike national forest here in central Colorado. This project is part of a nation wide effort to get GPS tracks of all off high way trails. I’m making my own maps of the back country with my GPS and some mapping software. We like to ride our ATV’s in big circles. We are exploring new areas, now that some of the high country passes are open, and having a great time. Summer is here and the wild flowers in full glory. We found some beautiful western red columbines on a recent ride.
We have a contract for the land we want in the valley between BV and Salida. We put some contingencies on the purchase that we need to work out between now and August 1st. We can then close and get on with building our dream mountain retirement home base. Susan and I both
worked hard on the floor plan in some architectural software. Yes, there will be plenty of room for visitors and the front view out all those windows will be of 14,197 ft Mount Princeton. I did azimuth calculations (angle of the sun starting clock wise from North) for all months of the year to keep the afternoon summer sun from adding too much heat load through the front glass. It turns out that Mount Princeton at 317° azimuth is almost perfect.
It would be really good to sell our house in Oregon prior to starting a building project out here. The housing market in Oregon is in pretty bad shape, but the right people will come along and buy our house.
Metal detecting this month took a back seat to ATVing. I found enough quarters to do the laundry but not much else. I did find a track award medallion on a High School football field. A couple of brass locks a silver key and a small butterfly charm round out the months collection. Not great, but kinda fun.
The Colorado Supreme Court decided not to hear the adoption appeal filed by the Northern Cheyenne Tribe. The Tribe can still make several legal maneuvers, but I think this last decision is the beginning of the end of the fight. The adoption could be finalized this year.
We kept our granddaughter, Diamond, for the day June 1st while our kids rafted the Arkansas River. We had a great time playing in the local BV Park and blowing bubbles. Three and a half year olds are amazingly easy to entertain. Just add pizza and you have an instant party. We had a cook out for all when the kids got off the river. The river is really high with all the spring runoff making for a wild and wet raft trip. Five people lost their lives on the river in June. People just don’t realize how powerful running water can be.We did a lot of riding this month. While out on one of our ATV rides, Susan and I saw more Bighorn sheep and I still didn’t have my camera. These sheep were within thirty yards and took turns posing on a cliff just above us. Sorry, no pictures of these either. Ok, twice is enough, I’ll start carrying the camera. We are hooked up with the local four wheeler club and are participating in the organized rides.
On the way back from one of these rides we witnessed a horrific automobile accident. A small pick up truck that was approaching us drifted off the road to the right. The driver over corrected, went into a sideways skid back on the road and rolled four or five times. I was the first on the scene. The truck was on the passenger’s side. There were two elderly people in the truck who surprisingly were still alive. Both had head injuries and bleeding badly. I made them as comfortable as possible without moving them. We left after the emergency medical services people got there.
I’ve been accepted for a local team to help map out ATV trails in the San Isabel and Pike national forest here in central Colorado. This project is part of a nation wide effort to get GPS tracks of all off high way trails. I’m making my own maps of the back country with my GPS and some mapping software. We like to ride our ATV’s in big circles. We are exploring new areas, now that some of the high country passes are open, and having a great time. Summer is here and the wild flowers in full glory. We found some beautiful western red columbines on a recent ride.We have a contract for the land we want in the valley between BV and Salida. We put some contingencies on the purchase that we need to work out between now and August 1st. We can then close and get on with building our dream mountain retirement home base. Susan and I both
worked hard on the floor plan in some architectural software. Yes, there will be plenty of room for visitors and the front view out all those windows will be of 14,197 ft Mount Princeton. I did azimuth calculations (angle of the sun starting clock wise from North) for all months of the year to keep the afternoon summer sun from adding too much heat load through the front glass. It turns out that Mount Princeton at 317° azimuth is almost perfect.It would be really good to sell our house in Oregon prior to starting a building project out here. The housing market in Oregon is in pretty bad shape, but the right people will come along and buy our house.
Metal detecting this month took a back seat to ATVing. I found enough quarters to do the laundry but not much else. I did find a track award medallion on a High School football field. A couple of brass locks a silver key and a small butterfly charm round out the months collection. Not great, but kinda fun.
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