Comments on: How to learn where we live

By: Richard B Karsh

Richard B Karsh — Tue, 22 Oct 2024 19:40:37 +0000

Dorothy-I just finished reading your article as published in the Vail Daily today. My sentiments exactly. Although I have lived most of the past 35 years in Colorado (half in the Vail Valley and half Colorado Springs or Denver…and halftime in Whitefish, Montana for 5 or 6 years-and have a stepson in Bozeman) I could visualize myself in your car. I bought some land overlooking Colorado Springs over 50 years ago in part because of the wild turkeys that traversed the unpaved roads; and, of course, am quite familiar with MT 89 and Glacier NP. Remember the old saying “slow down and smell the roses”? I close with a quote from a John Denver song of 1975…”Life in the mountains is living in danger of too many people, too many machines.”…I fervently hope that I am not one of those “too many people”.

By: Judson Temple

Judson Temple — Mon, 21 Oct 2024 19:37:17 +0000

Nice article, Dorothy. I am pleased to infer that things are going well for you. Good luck with everything.
My wife and I and our family are all well. Judson

By: william grant

william grant — Mon, 21 Oct 2024 14:17:19 +0000

Dorothy: There are a couple of things at work here. We have similar car and bicycle speeding problems here in rural Virginia (I live on a grave road system favored by Gravel Grinder bike riders many of whom who have a strong attitude of ‘ownership.’) Approximately 1/3 of the deer killed in Virginia each year are from car collisions. Part of the issue is folks with a ‘fear of being left out’ – – someone else might do something first. Part of it is a sense of entitlement – – the road came with the car I bought. We have lost the benefits of forest bathing. Don’t know how we will get if back.