What’s up with this HD-TV conversion, anyway?
I’m not really paying too close attention since I’m on cable. But considering all the HD-TV Conversion Commercials I’m seeing on the local stations, I guess there must be a lot of unanswered question: When? Why? Who? Where’s my coupon? What’s a converter box? What are my options? Etc.
I’m here to help you out with this link to the governments TV Converter website:
https://www.dtv2009.gov/

When David Crosby was fired from The Byrds in late ’67, he took the settlement money and bought a ’59 foot wooden sailing schooner named The Mayan (photo). It was on this boat that many memorable song lyrics were first conceived: “Wooden Ships”, “The Lee Shore”, “To The Last Whale”, “Wind On The Water”, “Shadow Captain”, and others. The Mayan is a magnificent piece of maritime craftsmanship, and is a legendary piece of rock music memorabilia. Crosby has decided that it’s time to sell his baby, and the The Mayan could be yours for only $1,000,000! Click here for the details:
http://www.yachtworld.com/boats/1947/Alden-356-b-Centerboard-Schooner-2007887/Santa-Barbara/CA/United-States

The Smart Car invasion has begun! I saw another Smart Car on 6th Avenue yesterday. Just last week I had my first Smart Car sighting in Evergreen.

Here’s a quick Smart Car primer:
a) The original Smart Car concept was a joint effort between Daimler-Benz’s engineering and Swatch styling.
b) Smart Cars have been popular in urban Europe for about 10 years.
c) The Smart Car wheelbase is almost 2 feet shorter than a Mini Cooper.
d) The overall length of the Smart Car is only 5 inches longer than a Hummer H-1 is wide.
e) You will get about 37 miles per gallon.
f) You will pay $12K to $17K for a new Smart Car.

Pete’s take on the Smart Car:
It’s no secret, I’m a car guy. I also like and appreciate the occasional unconventional Car Toy. But I’m afraid the Smart Car is a real toy, not a Big Boy’s Toy. So go ahead, play with your toys in urban Europe… even in Cherry Creek North or LoDo. The Smart Car is smart when you’re trying to park in urban congestion. The Smart Car is not so smart when you’re trying to keep up with highway traffic in a vehicle not designed for the highway. For the sake of the rest of us, keep your Smart Car off 6th Avenue. You’re a menace with your not-so-smart 70 horsepower, struggling to go 0 to 60 in 14 seconds, while the image of an approaching cement mixer grows larger in your rear view mirror. I don’t have a physics degree, but I think I can come up with a pretty good hypothesis for this potential show and tell demonstration of Newton’s First Law of Motion. And one more thing. The Smart Car I’ve seen driving around Evergreen just looks kind of silly and out of place in the mountains, where we have no urban congestion.

Is it my imagination, or does everybody but me have short fat skis? I skied a few runs this morning (Monday 1/26/09) at Copper Mountain and felt like Gulliver among the Lilliputians with my 186 Salomon’s.

And while I’m on the topic of Copper, do you know about their Ski With A Ranger program? Every Friday through the end of March you can ski with a U.S. Forest Service volunteer Ranger and learn about Copper’s natural environment and history. It’s a free one-hour tour (you need a lift ticket or season pass), and you’ll learn all bout the local flora, fauna, and the history of Copper Mountain. Skiers and boarders of all abilities can take the tour. Just meet at 11:00am on Friday’s at the top of the Timberline Express lift.

the Copper Mountain snow report 

 I’ve just discovered a new little neighborhood restaurant / café in the heart of Olde Town Arvada at the corner of Grandview and Webster. Bliss Cafe’. You can get coffees, teas, lunch, dinner, alcohol, free wifi, and occasionally some live music. I love supporting locally owned and locally operated small town business, and I’d like to suggest you try Bliss Café. Let me know what you think.

The ice skating season on Evergreen Lake has now ended. But the spring and summer activities at Evergreen Lake will be starting up shortly. Use this link for more information: 

Rates, rules, regulations, and rental options

Map of Evergreen Lake