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Danielle's grandfather, Carl Ferguson, died this morning at Kettering Memorial Hospital. He had been sick for about a week and we came home on Wednesday and were able to spend two days with him. Please keep our family in your thoughts.

36" in last 24 hours.

I guess this means dani can't make her doctor's appointment in Durango tomorrow...

WIDESPREAD SNOWFALL ACROSS THE SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS IN COLORADO AND THE ABAJO AND LA SAL MOUNTAINS IN SOUTHEAST UTAH. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF ONE FOOT ARE EXPECTED BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON...WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS ON SOUTHWEST SLOPES TO THREE FEET.

IN ADDITION...GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS FROM 20 TO 35 MPH WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW...REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN ONE MILE OVER THE HIGHER MOUNTAIN PASSES.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...

SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

From Friday around noon until last night, it snowed. Not very heavy at any one time, but the light snow added up over a day and a half to about 1.5 feet. I took this video last night.



It is well above freezing and sunny today.

Since we live in the middle of the mountains, we try to get out and about at least once a week, usually on Sunday. We last went up to Kendall Mountain, maybe to 13.5k feet or so. We couldn't get all the way to the end of the road because of snow. The Subaru made it through lots of uphill/snowy patches, but we had to call it quits when the road was nothing but a couple feet of snow with a sheer cliff off the side. So, we both got out and hiked. I went up, trying to get to the top of the mountain, and Danielle went down to a nice stream. Of course, the "peak" I saw was false, but I kept going and eventually got to a point where it was nothing but loose rocks to the peak that I could see. I wasn't about to carry on on that, so I turned around. Still quite fun. (Click for full size pictures)

Danielle at 13,500 feet

Adam is up there

Couldn't go any higher

She made it most of the way, too

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So I have been trying to decide what to say to keep all my loyal readers reading and I realized I can't choose one thing that stood out to me in the past week. It was a long week. A really long week and I have a feeling that this one isn't going to feel any shorter.

Last week we may or may not have done the following: owned a dog, put a palm through a window pane, spilled coffee on a silk curtain (seriously ON A CURTAIN! How does that happen?), gone to town 3 out of 4 weekend days, tried to have dinner and a drink (at the same time) in Silverton, enjoyed what will probably the last really warm day, had DVR installed, hysterically laughed AND cried while watching the Amazing Race, ate a really good dinner with friends, reawakened our love for bread machines, accidentally drove through a car wash, and found The Colonel's long lost collar (#1) laying on the front porch with a rusty bell like it had been there all along (creepy).

Also, my grandpa turned 94 on Saturday. 94. I missed having a birthday party for him and I will soon miss Thanksgiving. BUT we will be in Ohio for Christmas and can't wait to see our family. We are so lucky to be able to take a week and a half so as to see all family and even get some good friend time in. And by lucky I mean we made a point to take jobs that would allow us the freedom to travel and do things that are important to us. So it's really not luck at all.

I (Danielle) was really excited for Halloween this year. Although it IS the first year in seven years that I didn't go to a Halloween party. I did get to hand out candy for the first time. We picked up some pumpkins today and carved them after work. I was a little afraid we'd run out of candy but I think we're done for the night and we have a few pieces left, although trick or treating technically runs until midnight (so I hear). Adam and I sat outside and grilled out while the kids were coming around. It was nice to see everyone.

It's the beginning of the Holiday season! The pumpkin seeds are in the oven and perhaps we'll cook up one of the jack o' lanterns and make a pie or muffins! Mmmmm seasonal foods.

Here are some pictures of our pumpkin display

Pumpkinstein and Pirate. Guess who did which pumpkin. Leave it in the comments.