I hope you had as much fun over the Thanksgiving holiday as our family did. Laurie and I spent our turkey day in Denver with our kids and our two adorable two-year-old grandchildren, Leighton and Gannon. What a ball! Of course, I ate too much turkey. Now I’m trying to work it off just in […]

October was an awesome month. We had beautiful fall weather with a couple of good rains mixed in. The fall colors were late this year in our part of the state, but they were above average in splendor. The local economy has been strong recently. The newspaper reported that our local unemployment rate has dropped […]

It’s a beautiful autumn day in the mountains! There is frost on the pumpkins, and the temperature has fallen below freezing the past couple of nights. I’ve started covering the flowers in my yard. We were hit with a couple of major storms recently, and the river looks like it’s the spring runoff. We’ve got […]

It has been a good summer. Almost everyone I have spoken to says they were very busy. I am constantly surveying the local hotels, restaurants, and my fellow Realtors to see how things are going economically. Almost everyone I meet is putting out a good vibe. The weather has also been excellent. There were no […]

Hello From Pagosa Country… …By way of North Carolina! I’m out here celebrating my son-in-law’s graduation as a Green Beret. It was a very moving ceremony. We are all very proud and excited for him. I’m a military brat myself; my dad served for 30 years in the Air Force, so I know what it’s […]

Happy 238th birthday, America! Let’s get ready to party! Pagosa is the perfect small town to come and play on Independence Day. We hit all the bases in a big way. We start with the parade at 10:00 a.m. downtown. Then there is a huge arts & crafts fair in the park by the river. […]

Here comes summer! Temperatures in the 70’s and low 80’s are now the norm. The San Juan River is running high and muddy as the snow in the high country is melting fast. The school year is over, and my wife Laurie has just retired after 25 years teaching special education. Her new priority is […]

April, also known as mud season, has come and gone with little fanfare. There was less mud than usual since we had a dry spring. There wasn’t much snow down low to melt. I hope that May will bring us a little extra moisture. The real estate market is soft so far this year. Residential […]

Spring has arrived. Most of the snow in town is gone, except for on the north side of the house. March was a mild month, although we did get about a foot of snow at Wolf Creek in recent days. The snowpack is at 85% of normal for this time of year. The Spring Break […]

March came in like a lion, which is great news for our winter sports enthusiasts and the water table. The ski area has received 40 inches of snow in the last couple of days. Down here in town, we got the biggest snow that we’ve seen in the last couple of months. I’d say it […]