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What’s this ? The City of Glenwood Springs has, for the last year or so, embarked on a beautification program. Part of the project includes painting scenes on building walls and overpasses. This whimsical work or art is actually on a railroad support which is\u00a0part of a span over the Roaring Fork River. Most of the panels are more true-to-life, depicting outdoor scenes, horses, and other western-themed icons. This particular panel can only be seen from the walking path along the river, a path I often take on lunch time walks. I like the walks and the mural.<\/p>\n

It has been a busy summer, but the first freeze has come and gone and there is more snow on the mountain tops. Fall colors are at their peak. Summer has ended, fall is here, and winter will be here before we know it.<\/p>\n

This is, in many ways, my favorite time of the year. The autumn-blue skies with the vivid aspen colors contrasting against deep-green pine backgrounds makes for great views. (The leaf-peepers are out in full force.)\u00a0 The aspen on our lot are beginning to change colors but are not yet at their peak color; that will probably happen this week. A trip over is planned for this upcomming weekend.<\/p>\n

I did make a solo trip to Sanderling\u00a0over the weekend of September 28 – 29. Three more loads to the burn pit and another load of wood brought home, plus turned the furnace on in the trailer to keep it from freezing up at night. Weekly forcast shows a warming trend – cold came early this year – and we hope to have another month before we have to winterize the RV.\u00a0 Winterizing will mean pulling the trailer over to the dump station, draining all the holding tanks including the fresh water supply, removing all the food and bathroom items that might freeze, and making sure all the water lines are blown dry. Process will take several hours.<\/p>\n

In my previous post I had a video clip of the morning sunrise on a cloudy day. This time, for comparison, I took a clip of a sunrise on a clear day.<\/p>\n

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