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The Curse of the Chili Festival

September 16, 2021 Pamela Clements

One of my favorite things about fall is Evans’ chili. He will usually make ten gallons at a time, which…

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Posted in: Colorado, Family, Food, Uncategorized Filed under: chili, Colorado, Crested Butte, Crested Butte Chili and Beer Festival, Food, Mount Crested Butte

Steak and…Not Rolls

July 26, 2021 Pamela Clements 3 Comments

We have in Crested Butte many things that we don’t have in Nashville, majestic mountains, innumerable wildflowers, trout-filled rivers, and…

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Posted in: Colorado, Food, Uncategorized Filed under: #tenderloin, AllSaint'sEpiscopal, baking, bakingfail, church, Colorado, CrestedButte, dinnerrolls, Farmer'smarket, Gunnison, Paonia, rolls, SisterSchubert's, Southern, steak

National Dog Day – Percy Style

August 26, 2020 Pamela Clements 7 Comments

Today is National Dog Day. I know this because the first thing I saw on Facebook this morning was a…

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Posted in: Colorado, Family, Uncategorized Filed under: Aston, Belle Meade Animal Hospital, Diabetes, Dogs, Evans Clements, Family, Millie, Mountain Legacy Vet Clinic, National Dog Day, Percy, Pets, Veterinarian

Water, Water Everywhere, Except…

July 16, 2020 Pamela Clements

Water is one of the keys to living at a high elevation. You have to drink at least twice as…

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Posted in: Colorado, Fishing, Friends, Outdoors, Uncategorized Filed under: Colorado, Crested Butte, Dehydration, Dragonfly Anglers, Faint, Fly Fishing, Spring Creek, Swoon, Trout, Water

We Are Jeep People Now

July 9, 2020 Pamela Clements 3 Comments

Last year, Evans bought a jeep. It is a 1978 CJ-7. We had to go home unexpectedly right after he…

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Posted in: Colorado, Family, Outdoors, Travel, Uncategorized Filed under: Colorado, Crested Butte, Four-wheeling, Jeep, Percy, Schofield Pass, travel

Eight Trout and an Almost Successful First Fishing Trip

July 2, 2020 Pamela Clements 4 Comments

I went fly fishing for the first time this summer. Evans and I do most things well together. “Most things”…

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Posted in: Colorado, Fishing, Outdoors, Travel, Uncategorized Filed under: Brown Trout, Colorado, Crested Butte, Dragonfly Anglers, Fly Fishing, Slate River

Roadtrips, Roadfood, and ‘Rona

June 27, 2020 Pamela Clements 1 Comment

Evans and I are in Crested Butte, Colorado. We left Nashville on Monday and drove west on I-40 to Fort…

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Posted in: Colorado, Food, Travel, Uncategorized Filed under: Brisket, Covid-19, Crested Butte, Dalhart, Food, I-40, Masks, Oklahoma, Roadtrip, XIT Woodfire Grill

Not the Summer We Planned

September 17, 2019 Pamela Clements 4 Comments

This summer did not go as planned. We planned to leave for Colorado just after the Fourth of July and…

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Posted in: Colorado, Family, Friends, Home, Travel, Uncategorized, Women, Writing Filed under: Change, Death, Family, Home, Loss, Nashville

I Can Do Hard Things

August 28, 2019 Pamela Clements 5 Comments

I may have mentioned my friend Terri in an earlier blog post. Terri is also from Nashville but spends most…

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Posted in: Colorado, Friends, Outdoors, Women Filed under: Hiking, Mount Crested Butte, Red Lady, We Can Do Hard Things

Southern Hospitality On Schofield Pass

August 10, 2019 Pamela Clements 2 Comments

Yesterday we went to the top of Paradise Divide to have a picnic and take some photos. I mention that…

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Posted in: Colorado, Outdoors, Travel, Uncategorized, Women Filed under: Aspen, Aspen to Crested Butte, Avalanche, Crested Butte, Hiking, Mount Crested Butte, Paradise Divide, Schofield Pass

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