Good Morning Sopris

This is Mount Sopris above Carbondale. Named for "General" Sopris who "discovered" the hot springs in Glenwood.

It has a "rock glacier" and misses being a "Thirteener" by 47 feet at 12,953 feet altitude. It's one end of the Elk Mountain range- Mnt Elbert the highest mountain in Colorado is at the other end of the Elk Mountains. We're at around 7000 feet at the ranch. Although I've climbed around the Elk Mountains a bit I've never made the hike. I did "ski" up Elbert many years ago but that's another story.


It's warmer this morning (out of the minus' column)



Jinks is looking perky and Ginny is following him more and more instead of the other way 'round.

I've heard the "eep eep eep" of elk the past two nights. They normally come back through here for Christmas and New Years.

dusk to dawn

Mount Sopris views.

For 10 years I lived in New York in the West Village. There wasn't a day that went by that I didn't dream of sandstone under my feet instead of concrete; sagebrush in the air instead of burnt pretzels, fourteeners instead of skyscrapers.



I was going to stay in the City until I earned enough money to leave.



One day I realized I would never have enough money to leave.



So I left.