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(@warrenward)
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My 6 year old Aussie 'Nash is my 3rd Aussie that has accompanied me every field day. They are medium sized dogs but are built for all weather and are quite swift and fleet in all terrain. They are easy to train to stay away from wildlife and stick close to the crew. The Aussies are always on a mission. 'Nash has a particular habit of watching me pull a path out of the truck, then snatching it from my hand and playing keep away. Adds a lot of fun. I have a job that includes a lot of topo work on the CU campus. ' Nash is very lovable and the CU ladies all flock around him and pamper him mercilessly. We love that!

 
Posted : 10/10/2020 5:06 pm
(@holy-cow)
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Path or lath??ÿ Must ask, "Why the single quote ahead of Nash/"

Dogs really can be a lot of fun.?ÿ I enjoy my neighbor's dogs and have the good fortune not to have to feed them.

 
Posted : 10/10/2020 5:42 pm
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@holy-cowmeant lath. Funny how my phone hates that word. I live near a little town with the Ute name "Tabernash". So 'Nash for short. We truly love each other!

 
Posted : 10/10/2020 6:17 pm
(@holy-cow)
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@warrenward

I like that name.?ÿ Odds are high no one else will have a dog with that name.

Had to look up where Tabernash is located.?ÿ Closest I have ever been is still a quite a distance as the crow flies.?ÿ My cousin from Boulder took me on a little journey to Central City one early July day in 1978.?ÿ I remember buying a tee shirt with the message, Get Your Ass Over The Pass.?ÿ That tended to shock the genteel folk of southwestern Michigan where I was living at the time.?ÿ They had never heard of burro races.

 
Posted : 10/10/2020 7:09 pm
(@warrenward)
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@holy-cow?ÿ

Congratulations on FINDING Tabernash!

 
Posted : 10/10/2020 8:10 pm
(@bill93)
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Posted by: @warrenward

Congratulations on FINDING Tabernash!

It has a Wikipedia page, so now anyone can find it.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tabernash,_Colorado

Interesting story there about an airplane crash.

 
Posted : 11/10/2020 5:52 am
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@bill93

Talk about a small town, I'm proud to say that in the past 3 years, we went from having a post office, restaurant, and convenience store to just a post office and restaurant. We are SMALL

 
Posted : 11/10/2020 6:21 am
(@holy-cow)
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@bill93

With a listed elevation of 8333 it is not as flat in the area as the photo makes it appear.?ÿ To the south is Vasquez Peak (12947').?ÿ To the west is Sheep Mountain (10671').?ÿ To the east are all these little obstacles to transportation: Mount Epworth (11843'), Mount Neva (12814'), Mount Jasper (12923'), Mount Audubon (13229') and Apache Peak (13441').

 
Posted : 11/10/2020 6:33 am
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@warrenward

To be an unincorporated community and have a post office is a great combo.

For those who have no idea what the term unincorporated community means: In law, an?ÿunincorporated area?ÿis a region of?ÿland?ÿthat is not governed by a local?ÿmunicipal corporation; similarly an?ÿunincorporated community?ÿis a?ÿsettlement?ÿthat is not governed by its own local municipal corporation, but rather is administered as part of larger?ÿadministrative divisions, such as a?ÿtownship,?ÿparish,?ÿborough,?ÿcounty,?ÿcity,?ÿcanton,?ÿstate,?ÿprovince?ÿor country.

A county close to me has 30 places designated as unincorporated communities.?ÿ Each served a purpose at some point in time but that purpose generally disappeared as the world changed.?ÿ There are ten cities in that county today.?ÿ So try to imagine 40 cities within an area of under 600 square miles with a population less than 40,000.

Meanwhile Grand County, Colorado has an area of 1870 square miles and a population of 15,525.?ÿ There are six cities and three unincorporated communities.

 
Posted : 11/10/2020 6:51 am
(@warrenward)
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That photo captures the fact that grand county has wide valleys, but not shown is that the county border is bounded on the north, east and South by the continental divide. There is a peak nearby called BYERS PEAK, everyone thinks William N Byers founded the Rocky Mountain News, but actually, he was a federal surveyor laying out sections in 1868, when he discovered hot sulphur springs" and made that area into a tourist site, laid out several subdivisions, and now has a street, canyon and peak named after him

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Posted : 11/10/2020 9:55 am
(@briarcutter)
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sure miss my "iron hound"?ÿ ?ÿ

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Posted : 11/10/2020 10:53 am
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