If you are coming to Breckenridge this summer, or any summer, note the Sharrows (share and arrow) Breckenridge has included on our town streets this year.  As an initial step to becoming a recognized bike friendly community Breckenridge has painted bike lanes, equipped with sharrows, to remind drivers and bikers alike that sharing the road is a great idea. 

Bikers, remember, you have mto share too.  Please ride as far to the right as possible as to not impede the flow of traffic, and remember that you have to obey the rules of the road as well, which include obeying all traffic signs and lights.

Summer in Breckenridge, dry, sunny, beautiful, right?  Well 2 out of 3 ain’t bad!  Early summer was dry and sunny, river flows dropped quickly.  By July 6th Brown’s canyon was at 800 cfs, not exactly ideal conditions.  Then the last week of July came along, with day after day of heavy rain.  Not exactly great for those of you looking to ride bikes, or stroll main street.   However, for those of us that like to raft above the rocks or camp without the present threat of wildfires, this has been a welcome change.  Now, rain, come again another day, you have worn out your welcome.

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1. A lower than average, fast melting snowpack. If you are going to raft, do it by mid August.
2. Bike lanes on main street? Now we have to watch for bike riders on main street, god knows they don’t do it for themselves.
3. Toy Story 3
4. The usual- sun, blue skies, beauty, activities, time to come to Breck.

Well, the timing is strange, but we scream for it all year long. How does that saying go about watching for what you ask…

It is May, mud season, locals and visitors alike have certain expectations this time of year. Possibly a few good 2 for 1′s, a short trip to the basin, packing sweaters and unpacking bikes, water steamrolling down the blue river, shorts. This May, 2010, has taught us all a lesson perhaps not that forgotten… Ullr will not be predictable.

As I sit writing this, watching clumps of soggy snowflakes clinging to one another as the float down to the muddy earth, I am reminded of that old saying. The one my mom told me when I was 13 and could not wait to get “hair on my face” so I could be “a man”. Now, I have to shave from my cheeks to my collarbone, ear to ear. “Watch what you wish for”, maybe it was, and still is, the warning in disguise that we all don’t recognize…

I saw a bumper sticker today, it said- “Pray for Snow”. Amen