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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

Real Rodeos Wear Pink

July 19, 2021 Pamela Clements 3 Comments

The Gunnison, Colorado Cattlemen’s Days Rodeo is the oldest rodeo in the state of Colorado.  The first night is Tough Enough…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Cattlemen'sdaysrodeo, Colorado, Crested Butte, Gunnison, Rodeo, Toughenoughtowearpinkrodeo

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

Fly Fishing 2.0

July 27, 2019 Pamela Clements 1 Comment

I have always loved fishing. I can happily spend an entire day tossing a lure into weeds in the unlikely…

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Posted in: Colorado, Fishing, Outdoors, Travel Filed under: Colorado, Crested Butte, Dragonfly Anglers, Fishing, Fly Fishing, Gunnison, Hobbies, Lost Lake, Orvis, Outdoors, Sports, Trout

Crested Butte For the Win

July 16, 2019 Pamela Clements 3 Comments

On Saturday afternoon, we left Nashville in 98 degree heat and 400% humidity to head to Crested Butte, Colorado for…

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Posted in: Colorado, Family, Home, Travel Filed under: Colorado, Crested Butte, Friends, Mount Crested Butte, Summer

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