I've learned that things don't happen really quickly in Golden. I found this out last fall. What has been a bit of a shock to me is just how slow things get over the Christmas season. I think there was a total of 3 logs added since my previous visit 4 weeks ago. To be honest, I don't really mind, I would rather have it done right than done quickly. My trip out there on Monday was enlightening to say the least. The remoteness of the area really struck home. With a foot of snow down all sound is absorbed. It was total sensory deprevation. It took me more than a few minutes to get used to the total silence.




It is an attractive area though. For the astute reader you may notice that there are now wires from that pole in the very upper left corner of this picture. Yes we have power now....no house but power. Usually it works the other way.

More goats....hmm? I'm not sure the mountain goat population in the area. I would make the case that they are not an endangered animal. This herd was on side of the highway on my way out of town. It seems there is always a few there, but this is the first time I saw this many gathered together. I think they were eating spilled road salt. What's really surprising is that I have yet to see a dead one on the road.