Summer Most Heat Moon
Kate and I have a new screen related entertainment: looking at photographs of properties in Colorado. As we’ve winnowed our search criteria, a surprising one recommended by Jon, has popped up. Live around 8,000 feet. I may have mentioned that here before. It knocks the top off the high temperatures. With my hyper-Norwegian wife that sounds ideal.
He did point out gardening can be tougher at altitude because sudden snow storms can pop up late into the summer months. I’ve begun considering rolling hoops over the garden beds to protect plants from sudden temperature change and from the more potent sun in mid-summer. They will probably prove necessary there. Cold frames, too, perhaps.
I asked Ruth, if she could live wherever she wanted in Colorado, where would it be? She had a quick answer. “Close to A-basin.” A-basin is the skiing area associated with the Arapaho Basin. So, we’re looking at homes in the Idaho Springs, Georgetown, Clear Creek County area, too. This way Jon and Ruth could drive up on an evening before the morning rush on Saturday, stay overnight with us, then leave at a reasonable hour to ski. A possibility.
It’s interesting how having them here has pushed the move more into the foreground of our lives. It’s been a background for so much of what we’ve done this last couple of months, but the end result has seemed far away. With Jon and Ruth’s presence we can feel what having them around more would be like.
