George Burns Quotes
I look to the future because that's where I'm going to spend the rest of my life.
I honestly think it is better to be a failure at something you love than to be a success at something you hate.
Retirement at sixty-five is ridiculous. When I was sixty-five I still had pimples.
Colorado Skiing
A sure sign that winter is not far away. Arapahoe Basin, and Winter Park have added Wolf Creek Pass to the list of operating ski resorts open.
By the late 1800's, Colorado's high country was bursting with men in search of a grand fortune, and they arrived to find a beautiful and harsh environment. covered with snow. Scandinavian miners who joined the influx of immigrants offered a solution. They taught their fellow mountain dwellers how to craft skis and use them to travel through the snow,
Rev.John Lewis Dyer, a hearty man of God, skied his preaching circuits in pursuit of his religious commitments. Rev.Dyer was one of the first Methodist ministers to tour Colorado's high country mining camps. He come to Denver, Colorado, from Minnesota in 1861. John Dyer was 50 years old when he began the mining camp circuits and he became acquainted with Norwegian snowshoes from split pine logs. The tips were boiled and turned up for his trips over 13,188 foot Mosquito Range where snow often drifted 20 feet deep.
For 20 years, Father John Lewis Dyer preached the circuit traveling from mining camp to mining camp. As a result, he became known as the "Snowshoe Itinerant." The title "Father" was given to him because of his concern for the people.
During World War II, troops from the Tenth Mountain Division trained for combat on skis at Camp Hale near Leadville, Colorado. After the war ex-ski-soldiers returned to Colorado and skiing for recreation took off. Towns like Vail started from nothing to become glamorous (expensive) ski resorts.Other towns that were established mining towns such as Aspen, Crested Butte, and Steamboat Springs found new life as ski magnets. And as homes for Olympic skiers.
I look to the future because that's where I'm going to spend the rest of my life.
I honestly think it is better to be a failure at something you love than to be a success at something you hate.
Retirement at sixty-five is ridiculous. When I was sixty-five I still had pimples.
Colorado Skiing
A sure sign that winter is not far away. Arapahoe Basin, and Winter Park have added Wolf Creek Pass to the list of operating ski resorts open.
By the late 1800's, Colorado's high country was bursting with men in search of a grand fortune, and they arrived to find a beautiful and harsh environment. covered with snow. Scandinavian miners who joined the influx of immigrants offered a solution. They taught their fellow mountain dwellers how to craft skis and use them to travel through the snow,
Rev.John Lewis Dyer, a hearty man of God, skied his preaching circuits in pursuit of his religious commitments. Rev.Dyer was one of the first Methodist ministers to tour Colorado's high country mining camps. He come to Denver, Colorado, from Minnesota in 1861. John Dyer was 50 years old when he began the mining camp circuits and he became acquainted with Norwegian snowshoes from split pine logs. The tips were boiled and turned up for his trips over 13,188 foot Mosquito Range where snow often drifted 20 feet deep.
For 20 years, Father John Lewis Dyer preached the circuit traveling from mining camp to mining camp. As a result, he became known as the "Snowshoe Itinerant." The title "Father" was given to him because of his concern for the people.
During World War II, troops from the Tenth Mountain Division trained for combat on skis at Camp Hale near Leadville, Colorado. After the war ex-ski-soldiers returned to Colorado and skiing for recreation took off. Towns like Vail started from nothing to become glamorous (expensive) ski resorts.Other towns that were established mining towns such as Aspen, Crested Butte, and Steamboat Springs found new life as ski magnets. And as homes for Olympic skiers.
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, Father John Lewis Dyer, Leadville Ski-Mailman
Hockey News
The Denver Avalance hockey team is back from Finland where they played two games against NHL the Columbus Blue Jackets. The Avs won both games, Both teams will have several days off to rest after hours spent on airplanes in this long road trip.