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It looks like this series is tipping toward a swipe at barns. I drove out southwest of town again but this time to snap barns out on Niwot Road just past Dodd reservoir. I caught this view toward the northwest and I liked the long shot across the grasses. Haystack, the pointy hill in the background always leaves me wondering. Haystack is obvious in the background as are the foot hills. The air held a lot of water vapor that day. The foot hills are less than 10 miles away and although they appear lofty but I suspect none of these reach 7,000 feet, starting at over a mile high. A person can jump a fence and walk up. That's not much of a challenge compared to our 14ers, the new record for topping them with a speed record of climbing 58 of the 14ers in a mind-boggling nine days, 21 hours and 51 minutes. He certainly balances me out in bringing up Coloradans' fitness record.
Although still in September and suffering August heat, I'd say summer grasses were done but the shrubs are still green, sort of like Boy George. It often seems agricultural has been sucked from this area. Fortunately, we can buy food from the Sam n' Ella's farm in Mexico. The area is learning how valuable water in the west really is but have yet to learn the true value of watered land and soil and that it certainly doesn't need paving.
Strangely, we had a summer that was closer to normal, if high in humidity, but I don't think ignoring climate change or pumping petroleum will make rougher weather go away. This was a summer that was hotter than any on record. This August was hotter then any on record. This September was the hottest on record, all set world wide. perhaps you see a trend. That is at least until the looming petroleum wars are settled and the Koch Brothers and their political tea purchases are put away in their place. Until then CO2 levels in the atmosphere which are at an 850 million year high, will not be turned around. We all live in Kochistan now! Actually, anti-fracking proposals passed in Colorado.
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It looks like this series is tipping toward a swipe at barns. I drove out southwest of town again but this time to snap barns out on Niwot Road just past Dodd reservoir. I caught this view toward the northwest and I liked the long shot across the grasses. Haystack, the pointy hill in the background always leaves me wondering. Haystack is obvious in the background as are the foot hills. The air held a lot of water vapor that day. The foot hills are less than 10 miles away and although they appear lofty but I suspect none of these reach 7,000 feet, starting at over a mile high. A person can jump a fence and walk up. That's not much of a challenge compared to our 14ers, the new record for topping them with a speed record of climbing 58 of the 14ers in a mind-boggling nine days, 21 hours and 51 minutes. He certainly balances me out in bringing up Coloradans' fitness record.
Although still in September and suffering August heat, I'd say summer grasses were done but the shrubs are still green, sort of like Boy George. It often seems agricultural has been sucked from this area. Fortunately, we can buy food from the Sam n' Ella's farm in Mexico. The area is learning how valuable water in the west really is but have yet to learn the true value of watered land and soil and that it certainly doesn't need paving.
Strangely, we had a summer that was closer to normal, if high in humidity, but I don't think ignoring climate change or pumping petroleum will make rougher weather go away. This was a summer that was hotter than any on record. This August was hotter then any on record. This September was the hottest on record, all set world wide. perhaps you see a trend. That is at least until the looming petroleum wars are settled and the Koch Brothers and their political tea purchases are put away in their place. Until then CO2 levels in the atmosphere which are at an 850 million year high, will not be turned around. We all live in Kochistan now! Actually, anti-fracking proposals passed in Colorado.