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We took a mid-week day off yesterday, and my wife and I headed up to Breckenridge for a little R&R. Living in Colorado Springs has some great advantages, and one of them is the ability to go to some really nice places in a pretty short amount of time. Breckenridge is about a 2 hour drive, [...] We just returned home to Colorado Springs from a trip to Michigan for my mother’s memorial service and a little vacation. While it was great to see all of my family, and I enjoyed some things we can’t do here (like body surfing in Lake Michigan), it was so good to get home. The lower [...] Yes, I know the 4th of July was yesterday. But if I was a day late wishing you a Happy Birthday, you’d still take it it, wouldn’t you? There are many great places to go in the summer. After all, with school out, and the weather warm, this is the travelling season. But of all the places I’ve been in the summer, Colorado is still my favorite. The warm days, cool nights, and limitless menu of activities make this a great place live [...] It was over 90 a couple of days ago. It did not hit 60 yesterday. This is part of the excitement of Colorado Springs weather, it’s always changing. It also makes our weather very bearable, because it is very seldom all bad. After a rainy gray day yesterday, the sun is out (at least for [...] My wife is having a hip replacement surgery today. We’ve had lots of experience with the health care systems of Colorado Springs with her mother (hip, knee and shoulder replacements, dialysis, and numerous other procedures). We’ve experienced 3 of the 4 area hospitals. We’ve met with countless surgeons and other specialists, many primary care physicians, [...] Colorado Springs may set a record high today, with 97 degrees in the forecast. Our normal summer days are in the 80’s, dropping into the 50’s at night, and afternoon thunderstorms keeping such heat away most of the time. Fewer than 1/3 of our homes typically have central air conditioning (it was 28% last time [...] Memorial Day weekend is upon us, and the summer weather pattern decided to start up almost at the same time. Yesterday’s Air Force Academy Graduation didn’t get clear skies, but the broken clouds were still adequate for a nice air show. I only caught the tail end of the Thunderbirds show from the parking lot [...] Today is the Air Force Academy graduation. Yesterday the skies were so clear you could have watched the impressive air show the Thunderbirds put on from 10 miles away. But this morning, the humidity is up, there is some cloud cover, and thunderstorms in the forecast, so who knows how it all goes? Whether or [...] Our youngest daughter graduated from Colorado State University in Ft Collins this past weekend, and the experience reminded me of what great choices we really have for higher education in the state of Colorado. I was always a bit hesitant about sending my kids away to state schools. So many horror stories make the papers, [...] |
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