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When the snow flies early in Telluride as it did last week, we like to escape to Utah. Last weekend, instead of heading to Moab, we decided to go to a place that we hadn’t visited in a while: Comb Wash and the Cedar Mesa Plateau.

Comb Wash is an hour further than Moab but much quieter. It is filled with fantastic ruins and hikes. Located just southwest of Blanding, Utah, this is the beautiful spot that is infamously battled over in Ed Abbey’s fictional tale, The Monkey Wrench Gang. Mud Pies We also love Comb Wash because great camping is simple to find. Andy and I were slow to get out of the house Saturday morning, and we still scored a great spot by the river. Our girls had the best time dipping in and out of the river, wallowing in the mud and building mud cakes. When we finally convinced them to leave the mud, we wandered up South Mule Canyon to the Fire House Ruin. Photographers love this spot because the early morning light causes the ruins to glow. As we wandered up-canyon, we saw a handful of photographers traveling back with tripods and cameras. I didn’t really believe in the “fire” though, until I found these photos. (By the time we got there, it was midday.)
13 October, 2011 /

by Jon Lovekin

Wind River RangeHappily exhausted, we lay down in the back of the truck with the Muz (our dog) snuggled between us.  The night was cool, going on to cold.  We had eaten our supper while trying to absorb the view to the west.  It was as if Yosemite had collided with Rocky Mountain National Park and dumped out all the tourists along the way.  The only crowds here were the swarms of mosquitoes trying to find a drilling point on what little flesh we still had exposed.

12 October, 2011 /
by Jane Shivers ed. note: Jane Shivers and husband Bill Sharp are part-time locals in Telluride, and travel regularly for business and pleasure. This is Jane's first submission to Telluride Inside... and Out.

Crowded Tel Aviv beach Normal crowd at Tel Aviv beach

We’ve accidentally discovered a great time to go to Israel.  We arrived on a Thursday afternoon and checked in to the Intercontinental Hotel in Tel Aviv. It is right across from the beach and in a great location for sunsets, beach walks, exercise, and good meals. When we arrived we asked the Concierge to set up a driver/guide for the next day to take us to Jerusalem and Bethlehem. There was some hesitation on her part because she said we would need to be back in Tel Aviv by about 4 p.m. because the city would shut down.

11 October, 2011 /

You can get to Telluride from Bristol, RI, and vice versa.

Odysseas, 2d Beach Telluride Inside... and Out has been East for nearly a month, mostly with Susan's parents in Hackensack, NJ. Among the side trips while we've been here, we were recently in Great Barrington, MA with Susan's aunt and cousin, then on to Providence, RI to share some time with new friends, the Pavlides family. Three year old Odysseas is one of my favorite people in the world, and I thought he would be interested in seeing how sailboats are built.

Hence our visit to Shannon Yachts in Bristol, RI, just a half hour down the road from Providence.

How does Telluride fit into this picture? Well, it's like this:

10 October, 2011 /

by Diana Koelliker, MD

Croup is an upper respiratory illness caused by a virus.  The virus affects the tissue around the level of the vocal cords and causes swelling, which can lead to noisy breathing and a bark-like cough.  It is typically seen in children ages 6 months to 5 years, although it is occasionally seen in older children.  The illness is most prevalent in the fall and winter months, but can occur year round.  Transmission of the illness is by respiratory droplets (coughing or sneezing) and/or direct contact.  Most children with croup will have a hoarse voice, runny nose, fever and the characteristic bark-like or croupy cough.  The illness usually lasts about 4-6 days with a peak of symptoms around the 2nd or 3rd day.  In the majority of cases, the disease is mild and self-limited (meaning it gets better without any intervention). 

10 October, 2011 /

by Emily Brendler Shoff

There are some things in life that you just have to bow down and give thanks for, even if you’ve never had an interest in praying before. For me, it’s my friend Molly and Avalanche Ranch.

Molly Presses Cider with the Kids Molly and her family’s ranch just outside of Carbondale is one of those places where the stars have aligned, and a river runs through it. It’s right at the base of Mt. Sopris and nestled in the foothills along the Crystal River, has just the right blend of farmland and mountain topography. When I first visited it on a weekend away from Colorado College, I wanted to cry. I missed my family in Baltimore, and my heart felt frozen with pain. But more than anything, I couldn’t believe that Molly had grown up here. My god, to think, she got to see this everyday?!

09 October, 2011 /
 

Fw11_36 Telluride's Two Skirts has two words for you: Brochu Walker. The hip young design team is the subject of this week's Fashion Friday.

Fashion Friday took a break so that Two Skirts' Kristin Holbrook could canvas the halls of Seventh Avenue, but she's back with renewed enthusiasm for the fall/winter season, including a new line from Brochu Walker. Designed by Lisa Brochu and Lauren Walker, the collection is defined by lightweight, luxurious, effortless cashmeres, perfect for layering and cross-seasonal wear, from fall through spring, even Telluride's cool summer nights.
07 October, 2011 /

 

Downhill, Fall Tilt It's like "Breaking Away" but with gravity to ramp up the action. Just ask Gary Dye, who helped design and build the bike trails  in Mountain Village.

In the early 1990s, Gary started biking in high school in Grand Junction. In 1997, he moved to the Telluride region, settling in Mountain Village, where he was mostly a cross-country rider and endurance race until he found downhill riding and racing in 2004ish. Rising to the top, so to speak, over the past  years, Gary became a competitive downhill and Super D racer, winning a state championship in the latter. (For the unitiated, Super D is a mass start downfall with longer and less technical descents than plain vanilla downhill.) For the past three years  – and here's the punch line – Gary competed in Mountain Village's Fall Tilt, finishing 2nd in the Solo Open category in last year's race.

For those not quite ready to exchange bikes for skis, Mountain Village has your back. The third annual Fall Tilt returns to the San Juan Mountains Friday, September 30 (for training) and Saturday, October 1 (for the competition).

25 September, 2011 /

  The annual health fair at the Telluride Medical Center takes place Saurday, October 8, 2011, between the hours of 8-11 AM. Listen to the conversation between Sasha Cucciniello and Primary Care manager, Eric C....

25 September, 2011 /