As we enjoy another spectacular Fall in Pagosa, I have a couple of promising items to report. First, the local Chamber of Commerce tells me that the number of visitors passing through the visitor center reached a 10-year high in July and August. I attribute this success to the many wonderful festivals and events held […]

School just started up, so that must mean summer is almost over!  My wife, Laurie, is a special education teacher.  She’s all excited about having a new crop of kindergartners to work with.  She deals with the high-need children. I’m not ready for Fall; however, September and October are really beautiful.  The temperature cools down. […]

Well, summer is about half over. The fishing has slowed down quite a bit due to warmer waters. The monsoons have just started doing what they are supposed to do, which is to give us a shower in the afternoons. It had been pretty dry for a long time, and the last several days of […]

Happy 235th Birthday, USA! Pagosa celebrates Independence Day right with a parade, a carnival, an arts & crafts fair, and the Red Ryder Rodeo. Of course, we always have music and fireworks to finish off the day. I watched the parade from the sidelines for a change; quite often I’m in the parade on a […]

After some brief signs of a dry year, Mother Nature brought us one of the coolest, wettest Springs of the last couple years. The snowpack currently stands at 149% of average, and one of my fellow Realtors, Kalei Pitcher, spent an afternoon in late May snowboarding on fresh powder! The skies have been alternately sunny, […]

If you own property in Archuleta County, you’ll soon be receiving a Notice of Valuation from our County Assessor’s office. This valuation will be used to determine your property taxes for the next two years, and there is always a lot of confusion and misunderstanding about the valuation process. I get dozens of phone calls […]

Hello From Padre Island, Texas! Laurie and I are traveling this week. Laurie has the week off for Spring Break, and we are enjoying some time in the surf and the sun. It was 66 degrees and sunny the day we left Pagosa. It’s sunny here, too, but the temperature is a bit higher! 2011 […]

So far, so good. Winter has been great; not too much snow in town, but plenty up on the mountain. A couple days ago, we were at 102% of normal with more snow than any other ski area in the state. According to Todd Pitcher, Vice President of Wolf Creek Ski Area, Wolf Creek is […]

We’ve all been enjoying a very mild winter so far this year. Well, perhaps I shouldn’t say “all,” because the skiers are starting to wish for some more powder! We are very lucky to still have the mountain snowpack at 107% of average. We stocked up early in the year with some December storms which […]

A lot of people are getting some great deals on bank repos, and I want to say a quick word to those of you who think you may interested in purchasing one. If you will need a loan to make your purchase, you need to get a pre-qualification letter from a bank. If you’re going […]