Tag Archives: conifer
Photographing Evergreen
Photographing Evergreen My Uncle John Troisi is coming to Evergreen next week on a picture-taking mission. He has traveled all over the USA over the past three or four decades to take photographs, which he turns into breathtaking slideshows set … Continue reading
What Kind of Crazy Would Ride Mountain Passes?
Well … me. When I first moved to Colorado, I was amazed to witness the things cyclists can make their bodies do here. Coming from a sea level community of rolling hills just outside New York City, I was not … Continue reading
Berrian Mountain: A Hidden Gem in Evergreen South
I recently hiked up to the 9,147-foot peak of Berrian Mountain in Evergreen South with my daughter’s Girl Scout troop. Berrian is a Denver Mountain Park reached by driving up, up, up through a winding, hillside neighborhood off Rte. 73 … Continue reading
Join the new Evergreen Multisport Club!
I love to work out, but I haven’t found the right group in Evergreen. The Denver Road Runners are too far away. Team Evergreen is too intense – I don’t always want to ride 50 or 100 miles over mountain … Continue reading
Running 50 Miles for Fun and Firefighters
Believe it or not, there are people who think a marathon is short. There are people who love to run ridiculously long distances on a regular basis – 20 miles, 30, 50, even 100! I admit, I am not one … Continue reading
Safe Cycling Tips, Evergreen Style
As I was riding on the bike path along I-470 this morning, the wind whizzing through the vents in my my helmet as I labored uphill toward Golden, I passed a cyclist plummeting downhill at top speed with a bare … Continue reading
Cycling Season is Here … Want to Go for a Ride?
One of the big factors that lured me to Colorado was the divine road riding. I envisioned miles and miles of open road, surrounded by rocky ledges and ponderosa pines, warmed by the bright Colorado sun. And I was not … Continue reading
Fire in the Back Yard
Yesterday I got an urgent text message in my cellphone through Reverse 911 that 100 homes were being evacuated near Pleasant Park Road in Conifer because of a wildfire. A fire? In CONIFER?? This is the sort of story I’m … Continue reading