Colorado Tales by Diane and Ken Wood

We left our Connecticut jobs and moved to Colorado in 1999. It was time for new adventures in life. Diane has written this series of Colorado Tales about the many things we have experienced.


0 - Moving from Connecticut to Colorado - an epic adventure

1 - The House and gardens

2 - Exploring near home

3 - A jeep trail adventure

4 - A ragtime concert

5 - Visiting Walden, Shakespeare at CU, water rights

6 - Rodeo!, Shakespeare, Mozart

7 - Farmers' market, Loveland sculpture, water dispute

8 - Summer fun, an owl dives at Diane

9 - Long's Peak hike, October snow

10 - Veloswap Denver, Rabbit Mountain, yoga, a warm Thanksgiving

11 - Election judge, art and cooking classes, nearby trails, high winds

12 - Visiting Scottsdale, nude model, water rights dispute

13 - Volunteer Fire fighter, China visit, mother moves from Connecticut, coyote steals eggs, cataracts

14 - Water war, mother passes on, Arches, Capitol Reef, Bryce Canyon National Parks, renting water, Crested Butte biking with friends

15 - Cheyenne rodeo, Bluebird Lake hike, wildfire!, Ocean Journey, Meade Cafe, Art studio tour, Pawnee National Grassland

16 - Cows on a foggy highway, wedding in Vegas, cataract surgery, election judge, Boulder people

17 - Florida visit, coyote bites dog, Diane named President, Aspen trip, pancake supper at Hygiene firehouse

18 - Gardening and weeds, muskrats, Swift Cycling club, water rights attorneys

19 - Ironhorse bicycle race, running races, bull snake, Cooking School of the Rockies, Ophelia Ragtime concert

20 - Raccoons in the peach tree, Ken's bike racing, hiking to the continental divide, King Lear in a storm, selling a painting, a snake at the door, prairie dog invasion

21 - Taos, rock crawling Samurai, new kitchen island, Thanksgiving with friends, Ken on Board of Fire District, water rights resolved, Scott Kirby pianist, Diane on Board of ragtime festival

22 - Dust storm, planning for Moab, a concert in our home, son Scott moves to Grand Canyon

23 - Moab Easter Jeep Safari, on location with Austin Powers, drought!, Diane shows her art, Dinosaur National Monument, Zion NP adventures, a death in Zion, Ken chases hunters, Diane climbs a 14,000 foot peak, racing a runaway wheel

24 - Hiking from Crested Butte to Aspen, return in 4-wheel drive, Leadville's Baby Doe Tabor, Ken fixes an old miner's Volvo, Longmont's Rhythm on the River, Great Sand Dunes National Monument, 4-wheeling Mount Blanca, Mount Sneffles terror, Diane;s open studio, 65th birthday Grand Canyon mega-hike, a flat tire epic

25 - Our half-mile driveway, hiking near Boulder, painting Grand Canyon, Diane is in the obituaries!, Diane's many art shows, New Year's hike in Rocky Mountain NP

26 - New sprinkler system, the Phoenician Resort and Scottsdale, Grand Canyon visit, Balboa Park San Diego, Our driveway flooded, A dinner at our home for MahlerFest and the Leanin' Tree Museum

27 - Bolder Boulder 10k, Samurai upgrades, Ken breaks the bike and the Lotus, driving blindfolded, Mount Rushmore, Crazy Horse mountain, Custer State Park hike, a cabin in Cody, we help a mother in distress, gunfight in Cody, Yellowstone NP, Tetons NP and a nice B+B, hiking the Tetons, Diane does a face-plant, snow on Pawnee Pass trail, saving baby birds

28 - Hiking Mount Elbert the highest point in Colorado, Diane loses her temper, Leadville whores, a family gold mine, rock crawling in Montrose, art shows, open studio at our home, Diane awarded a grant for the arts, Ken loses his temper, cyclocross, Moab mountain biking, we reach Pawnee Pass, Pumpkin Pie Days festival

29 - Havasupi Reservation adventure, spectacular water falls, visiting family and old friends, 30th anniversary, Diane's art shows and programs

30 - A buyer for Diane's hair, rock crawling competition, nitrous oxide for the Samurai, Diane a subject of medical research at CU, art in Boulder, Diane's paintings shown everywhere, a neighbor's birthday party and sound system, artists are odd

31 - Duck eggs in the garden, a bear follows Diane, Easter 4-wheeling in Moab, Fruita Fat Tire Festival, A bicycle crash, Strawberry Days antique show, roughing it at Ghost Ranch, running the Bolder Boulder 10k

32 - Wrist repair for Diane, exploring the St. Vrain river and meeting neighbors who live there, a new deck, the grandchildren visit, seeing family and friends in Connecticut

33 - Diane sells seven paintings, Paris and Monet's gardens

34 - Leroy's birthday, high altitude sleeping chamber, 31st anniversary at Brown Palace, Diane shows and sells at CU, hiking Camelback in Scottsdale, Diane's CU tests reveal high blood pressure, Our own Web domains and Web site

35 - An airplane in our driveway, touring Peru and Machu Picchu

36 - Canada road trip, hiking near home, art activities

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