Author: Lee Riley

Happy 242nd birthday, America! If you are fortunate enough to be in Pagosa Springs over the 4th of July, you are experiencing small town America at its best. There’s a lot going on. Here’s the agenda in a nutshell. The carnival is set up downtown in the park. The Arts & Crafts Festival is also […]

School is out, and it’s time for everyone to take a summer vacation. In past years when my wife, Laurie, was a teacher, we’d be gone this first week of vacation. Our lifestyle has changed, and now we can go any time of year. This year’s vacation is to London and Paris, but we will […]

The snow is melting fast up in the high country. Rafting, golfing, and fishing are what’s happening in the great outdoors. Of these three activities, I enjoy fishing, and I’ve been out several times this year. I put my ten-foot aluminum boat onto Echo Lake a couple of times, and I was on Lake Pagosa […]

It’s a beautiful day in Pagosa Springs – not a cloud in the sky. Spring has sprung, and the crocuses are coming. Spring breezes kick up every afternoon. Wolf Creek Ski Area just closed for the year, so it’s time to break out the golf clubs and the fishing poles. Rafting season is about to […]

It’s beautiful here today. We just got a little snow last night – the key word being little. We got an inch where in a normal year it would have been a foot. This is the mildest winter I have seen since I moved here in 1983. This lack of snow is affecting local economy. […]

The biggest news right now is the weather. No snow! Wolf Creek Ski Area received a foot of snow two weeks ago, but nothing down in town, and I don’t see anything in the forecast through December 20. According to the weatherman, the long-range forecast is for our winter to be warmer and drier than […]

Here in Pagosa, we’re enjoying the colors of fall at their peak with snow on the mountaintops in the background. It makes for some beautiful views around town today. The big game animals are beginning to move lower in elevation, and hunting season is about to shift into high gear. It’s time to winterize your […]

The traditional end of summer is just around the corner. Bow hunters are already in the woods, Labor Day weekend is upon us, and school starts next week. The 22nd Annual Four Corners Folk Festival starts this Friday, and it is my favorite event of the year! We’ll have 15 different bluegrass and folk bands […]

Monsoon season is in full swing which means we’re having afternoon and evening showers almost every day. The grass is getting greener again, and the mountain wildflowers are at their peak. The rivers are running brown. This weekend is the Archuleta County Fair, which will be fun for the whole family. The fair offers a […]

Hello From Pagosa Country! …by way of the beautiful hunting and fishing lodge known as the Chama Land & Cattle Company. My son, Patrick, and I are enjoying a tremendous fishing adventure for a couple of days after the 4th of July festivities back in town. Vacationing in the scenic beauty down here has just […]