First snowshoe of the season

You really wanted to be in Telluride this morning. We snowshoed up our favorite trail under Colorado blue skies tricked out with cotton ball clouds, breaking a path as we climbed through the heavy white snow that accumulated over the past two days. On the way home Clint, Gina the Dog and I met a new neighbor, Andy Neary, who lives, well, Near-by in Hillside. Andy teaches snowboarding on the mountain. He has an easy way about him and a wonderful smile, so we asked if we could snap his picture. Meet Andy, enroute to who knows where. We gave him a short list of the many wonderful trail options out our back door.