Last fall we decided to purchase a Colorado home so that, as our family begins to enter the years of adult children and begins to expand, we would have a lovely place to come together for family vacations. Timing seemed to be favorable to enter the market for a second home to get the most for your $$$. We found a great place perched on the side of Animas Mountain just outside of Durango Co.
I remember a particular conversation with the perky young real estate agent at closing that took place because it was snowing heavily outside and she was remarking about how unusual this was because it happened to be October 28th. We were in the midst of the EARLIEST snowfall on record. Not to mention that before it was all over they had nearly a foot of snow by the end of the day. She also was relating that Durango proper really didn’t get that much snow but that the ski areas about 20 minutes away was where most of the snow usually accumulated.
R-E-A-L-L-Y???
I told her that our first winter in Waco they had a record 8″ snowfall one Tuesday in December and that she’d better get her snow boots ready!
Well here you go, Durango has had more snow so far this winter than ever before and it ain’t over yet!
In all fairness, being up on the mountain as we are, the snow doesn’t melt as quickly as it does in town and half of this came from having to have the THREE FEET of snow shoveled from the roof to prevent damage to the home from the weight. Even several commercial structures in town have had roof collapses due to the excessive weight of all the snow.
The snow removal folks, contracted by the development, knocked off the transformer cover at the end of the driveway for our meter and with the thawing and re-freezing ice and water blew up the transformer cutting off power to our home causing a pipe to freeze behind the washer and leaking down through the wall to the bedroom below. So a bit of unexpected remodeling is in order:
Thankfully most of the damage was confined to that one bedroom, but the entire hand finished wood floor in the lower level will have to be refinished once the new wood is in place.
It’s been an interesting adventure for this ‘flat lander’. I can’t wait for Spring! I don’t know, but I think it’d be an awesome place for a STAMPIN’ UP! retreat! Maybe?
Anyway, as you can see repairs are quickly underway and hopefully we’ll get the family up there sometime soon! It’s really no fun going solo!
Hope you’re having a wonderful weekend and many thanks for stopping by!
Katherine
