Copasetic Flow

Snow is already coming down all over Colorado! In fact, they opened a few of the ski runs today! I traveled up to Diamond Lake via the Fourth of July trailhead yesterday where there's just a little bit of snow in the shady spots. The hike is beautiful, it crosses two very nice waterfalls and Boulder Creek on the way up. I ran into three other groups making the trek on a Tuesday afternoon. For more information on the trail and the Forest Service regulations for the area check: Diamond Lake [pdf] Pictures Back down the valley toward Eldora. Middle Boulder Creek Campsites available! Diamond Lake Stats Trail: Diamond Lake Trail #975 from Fourth of July Trailhead Forest Service description and regulations [pdf] Roundtrip distance on trail: 5.2 miles Transit time from Boulder to trailhead: 55 minutes Hike time to lake: 2 hours Hike time back: 1 hour Map View Larger Map Amazon.com Widgets

The panoramic view from Dakota Ridge during Boulder's Valentine's snowfall.

It snowed in Boulder on Valentine's creating a beautiful white landscape in town and up on Sanitas Ridge. Dakota Ridge Sanitas Valley Dakota Ridge Spruce St. http://copaseticflow.blogspot.com/2008/02/boulder-valentines-snow.html

Wednesday morning from the top of Dakota Ridge

It was gorgeous up on Dakota Ridge yesterday morning! Jupiter and Venus were in view as the horizon lit up. The clouds to the north and the south were incredible. As the sun lit them up And here's a video of it all!

Boulder had a lot of beautifully varied weather this week. The blog went a little picture heavy to capture what was going on up here. Here's a summary. Most of the pictures were taken on Dakota Ridge and in Sanitas Valley. For more detail, see the post links: Monday, everything was covered with snow! By Tuesday, things were warming up and a cloud was pulling moisture from one of the area lakes. We had a gorgeous sunrise as well. Wednesday, the clouds were almost gone. Thursday, the fox was out playing By Friday, it was so warm, even the manikins were going topless. Which led to thoughts of the sunny Grecian Isle of Samothraki and the Sanctuary of the Great Gods

We just spotted a very large black wolf hound/German Sheppard mix dog that was obviously lost near Aurora and 10th headed east. View Larger Map

A few foxes have wondered into town lately. This one was just hanging out in Sanitas Valley this morning watching the world go by.

The Sanitas Valley/Dakota Ridge Series, Boulder, Colorado Part I Part II Part III Part IV Sanitas Valley has almost completely cleared up after the recent snow storm. Only a few errant clouds are hanging around.

The Sanitas Valley/Dakota Ridge Series, Boulder, Colorado Part I Part II Part III Part IV After yesterday's snow and falling temperatures over night, this morning's sunrise was incredible!

The Sanitas Valley/Dakota Ridge Series, Boulder, Colorado Part I Part II Part III Part IV Cloud Forming From the top of Dakota Ridge in Boulder, Colorado on Tuesday morning: What initially looked like a rain storm dumping on a lake turned out to be exactly the opposite! This picture at sunrise shows a cloud being formed over a small lake east of Boulder, Colorado. The picture was taken from the top of Dakota Ridge. Detail View There's an interesting article on cloud formation at Wikipedia . It makes me wonder if the cloud formation was accelerated by particulate matter from the nearby smokestack. Video View

The Sanitas Valley/Dakota Ridge Series, Boulder, Colorado Part I Part II Part III Part IV It's snowing in Boulder, Colorado this morning! All the trees were flocked along Dakota Ridge and Sanitas Valley. A black fox was making his way along the side of the valley in the snow.

A few beautiful sunsets from around the world. Mal Pais, Costa Rica. The sky on fire in Boulder, CO The beautiful blue waters and sky off of Samothraki, Greece More gorgeous clouds from Samothraki The author outside Samothraki, Greece The Costa Rica picture was taken with a Canon PowerShot S400. All other pictures were taken with a Panasonic DMC-FX01.

I finally made it back to Boulder today! The weather is beautiful! Boulder is still Boulder! While riding the shuttle into town I noticed a man in a gray business suit waiting at the bus stop. I've been here long enough to know that he's practicing sustainability. But hang on, that's not all. He was also practicing his dance steps as he waited. Swaying gently across the sidewalk in a graceful waltz. I was in Paris a few days ago. The weather was beautiful. Spring is in full swing there. And as it happens every spring, young lovers' thoughts have begun to turn to romance. Or in the case of Paris, perhaps they've turned a little past romance straight to lust. I sat down to eat dinner at the Monte Cristo on the Champ Ulysses and ordered a Monte Cristo to drink. I know, it lacks in originality, but it had to be done! Soon after that a young couple sat at the table next to me. They moved their chairs close to one another, there was a loud clunk as the ...

I'm doing laundry at the Wash-O-Mat, (no, that's really the name), in Boulder this morning. As usual, everything in Boulder is better! As I stepped out the front door of the laundromat, I was rewarded with a beautiful view of the foothills dusted in snow from our little storm last night. Coming very soon to the Wash-O-MAT will be DJ Chad Zygoat who, between 8 and 10, on certain nights of the week will be playing techno music to accompany comedy movies as you do your laundry. Sounds awesome! Everything in Boulder is a cultural experience! From the Wash-O-Mat it's just a few doors down to Marie's Cafe where I ate breakfast while waiting on my clothes. The cafe is excellent! You walk in through a set of drapes that divide the front door from the rest of the place and keep the cold air from rushing in every time someone new comes inside. As soon as your inside, you're greeted by the cacophony, (nickel word for the day), of this packed little cafe. The place is f...

This place is so cool! I was sitting at the Hungry Goat tonight working on another tech book during the weekly poetry reading. I'm not sure if that's a cognitive dissonance or an oxymoron, but that's what I was doing. Actually it's probably neither, but I've always wanted to use the word dissonance. Anyway! I was sitting at the front door working away. OK, I wasn't working. The trial version of Microsoft Office had expired and I was installing the new version, which was taking forever, so, umm... yeah... I was actually doing what I do best down here: watching the world go by. So, getting back to the story, as I'm watching the world go by, (accompanied by ranting poetry in the background), a woman pulls up on a classic Vespa and parks on the sidewalk. She's got a bob haircut, and she's wearing a white leather jacket, pink tights, and a pair of white go-go boots. For all the world, she looked like she was going to do an interpretive dance to on...