[caption id="attachment_36245" align="alignright" width="300"] Trout Lake Trailhead[/caption] I woke up Thanksgiving morning to a beautiful sunrise over the San Miguel River Valley. Since I had a warm-up skiing on the mountain yesterday for Donation Day, Susan suggested going cross country skiing with Gina the Dog instead...
[caption id="attachment_36230" align="alignright" width="300"] Image, Telluride Ski Resort[/caption] Conde Nast Traveler's readers rated Telluride Ski Resort #1 in the U.S. and Canada for the second year in a row. Ski magazine had Telluride in 6th or 7th place. (And gave a special shout out to Jeff Badger's Siam...
According to Huff Post Style, skipping it. Okay, so there is a lot of pressure to go out on Black Friday. And we totally get it: There are deals to be had and money to be saved. But there is also a strong case to be made for...
The official ski season in Telluride opens tomorrow, Thanksgiving Day. Real enthusiasts have been hiking up to earn their turns for weeks around here with all the early season snow. But today, was Donation Day, the first chance to ski (limited) terrain by riding a lift...
"What we’re really talking about is a wonderful day set aside on the fourth Thursday of November when no one diets. I mean, why else would they call it Thanksgiving?" Erma Bombeck In a letter to his daughter, Ben Franklin proposed the turkey for the official...
[caption id="attachment_36188" align="alignright" width="200"] FOX[/caption] A recent survey, conducted by Best Friends Animal Society, the Utah sanctuary that's one of the leaders in the no-kill movement, shed light on pet owners' attitudes toward the sources of pets. The study focused on people 18 to 34 years old...
[caption id="attachment_36193" align="alignright" width="300"] Halloween Pumpkin, from Huff Post Healthy Living[/caption] I am a fairly regular reader of the Huffington Post and all its babies, such as Huff Post Healthy Living. This article about the (upcoming) traditional Thanksgiving food orgy caught my eye. It was not...
![Photograph of President Truman receiving a Thanksgiving turkey from members of the Poultry and Egg National Board and other representatives of the turkey industry, outside the White House., 11/16/1949 Harry S. Truman Library [National Archives Identifier 200138]](https://tellurideinside.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/truman-thanksgiving-s.jpg)
[caption id="attachment_36145" align="alignright" width="200"] Photograph of President Truman receiving a Thanksgiving turkey from members of the Poultry and Egg National Board and other representatives of the turkey industry, outside the White House., 11/16/1949Harry S. Truman Library[National Archives Identifier 200138][/caption]With snow fall comes the holiday season...
There are the obvious things one can be thankful for in Telluride. The beauty of elk grazing on the valley floor, wispy clouds playing hide-n-seek amongst the mountaintops, and of course, early-season snow. But, in the cracks and crevices of our valley’s magnificent geographic features,...
