First Snows...

After the storm clouds on Sunday lifted a little yesterday, you could see the first snows coating the back ranges out of town. The skiers and boarders were excited as the snow levels were forecast to drop again this evening down to 8,000 feet or so.

It didn't happen, but the storms left the mountains in a different mood to the one they were in only a couple of days ago when summer was still managing to hang on. Today the sun is shining but the forecast is 45F...I think I am just glad that Lisbon is 75F!!!!

I'm not quite ready for winter yet, though I know I need to prepare myself for when I come back in November! A couple of years ago we were in Crested Butte for Thanksgiving and got 48 inches of snow over the holiday weekend! Snow I can handle: it's the cold I'm not sure about!!! Will definitely need to bring up those thermals this winter!

Here is a very similar view this morning - what a difference the sun makes!!! The colours today were just gorgeous...makes me smile to just look up and see all this and think that we live here...

Fall Colour...

Thought I would share some of the photos I took while out riding my bike on Friday...the trees are really starting to turn and the weather has stayed gorgeous...

This is Lake Grant just above the condos where we live looking towards Crested Butte

and these were taken just up the road (it seems everything around here is up when you are on a bike!!!)
This one was taken from the edge of the lake in the first photo above

Fall is here...

...last weekend Dave and Liz Moloney paid us a surprise visit on Sunday night...it was great to see them...just a shame it wasn't for very long...next time you'll have to stay longer...! Here they are on our deck in the sunshine...no yellow leaves in sight!

The weather has been lovely up to the last few days and we even managed to get photos of the last hummingbirds in the valley...

hopefully they are well on their way south by now since the temperatures have dropped drastically....

Work has also dropped off and I was able to get out early today...I took advantage and drove up Slate River Rd, just north of town...

I was able to get a great shot of Momma deer and her two fawns...

further up, the trees were definitely turning and you could see the snow that has fallen on the back ranges in the last couple of days with the storms we have been having....

thunder, lightening and rain all night long...

it was a very relaxing afternoon and a beautiful drive...something I realize that I'm very lucky to be able to do on a random Tuesday afternoon...one of the reasons we decided to do this, and why I love it here so much! Hope you enjoy looking at the photos as much as I enjoyed taking them...