Today, we climbed up Peak 9 to visit the spot where some of our friend, Frank's, ashes are strewn.
Since our snow a week ago, we've had cold but sunny autumn days.
The chair lifts on Peak 9 wait in the stillness.
Breckenridge Ski Area is scheduled to open Nov. 11. Obviously, more snow is needed!
Breckenridge Ski Area is scheduled to open Nov. 11. Obviously, more snow is needed!
We hike upward through fall grasses.
Looking to the east, Baldy Mountain seems to be covered with a sprinkling of sugar.
Finally, we reach the steep dropoff leading to some of the expert trails Frank loved.
Across the way is Imperial Peak which we skied with Frank last winter.
We call his widow from this spot. We share some memories.
Across the way is Imperial Peak which we skied with Frank last winter.
We call his widow from this spot. We share some memories.
Finally, Jeb, James, Bob, and I start downward. We go for a pizza and beers (mine root beer, which I prefer).
Frank would be smiling in approval at everything we saw and everything we did on this perfect Colorado fall day.
Our World
Our World
44 comments:
A lovely remembrance, Barb.
Beautiful - the thoughts and photos. I am sure Frank would have approved. It is healing to remember a dear friend, and it is especially healing to the family to know that you remember.
A beautiful tribute to your friend, hiking and skiing buddy. The trails look so well paved, must be well traveled.
Did you get a new ski outfit?
A perfect day for a hike and a perfect place to remember an old friend.
It is so much easier to find solace in such a beautiful spot. The good memories attached to place can come alive. We carry those who are gone with us - a tribute to their impact on our lives.
Hello, Barb.
Such beautiful scenes you have shown. This is a beautiful tribute to Frank, and his widow will be delighted in this time of her mourning. It is a touching story that Frank's ashes were sprayed in such a beautiful mountains peak. To see the fourth photo, it looks like Frank is smiling in the blue sky.
Tomoko.
A wonderful way to hold the memory.
A wonderful post and a great tribute to your friend.
All your photos are stunning but that last one of the leaf on the snow is truly beautiful!
The perfect context for you remembering...
I think that calling Frank's widow from that place was . . . inspired.
It's a beautiful place, rough and hard and huge.
What a lovely "remembery" (a kid word in our family). That last picture is a miracle in itself.
Very moving, very beautiful.
Brilliant and beautiful.
Sydney - City and Suburbs
Wonderful tribute. Amazing landscape all around.
I'm hoping someone will remember me when I'm gone. One never knows. This was beautiful Barb. Carol
Nice remembrance to a friend. Lots of people are doing the ash scattering thing instead of burial.
A wonderful day of remembrance indeed! And what a lovely world! Your photos are superb and what breathtaking beauty! Love those awesome BLUE skies! Thanks for sharing this with us, Barb! Hope you have a lovely week!
Sylvia
I'm glad Frank would be smiling. Lovely tribute.
Seems like the perfect forever place to me.
Your snow looks does look like sugar. What a neat contrast to that sky.
The scenery is so beautiful and a great place where your friend's ashes were left.
what a gorgeous neck of the woods you call home. and what a perfect spot for your friend to spend eternity.
A beautiful remembrance!
Greetings from Holland,
Anna
A lovely day of remembrance, Barb, We carry those we have loved forever in our hearts, but a day like this brings memories alive and is both a remembrance and a solace.
The fallen leaf in the glistening snow is a poignant reminder that all life shares a constantly transforming existence. Very nice that your friend’s ashes were sprinkled over a favorite area and embraced by the earth.
Lovely memories and a nice tribute to your friend. Gorgeous scenery and a lovely place to visit. Thanks for sharing.
That's a beautiful post. I suspect we'll see more snow this week, we could certainly use the moisture.
I love your blog, you have such amazing scenery all around....Thanks for sharing these gorgeous views :)
Queenie
I can't think of a more appropriate or lovely way to remember a dear friend.
Your photos are stunning!
Barb,
Your world is already in early winter! The sky looks deeper blue. The last photo tells me autumn and winter are competing, one says too early and another says too late. I especially love this photo.
I think it is a great idea to sleep in a favorite place, being embrace by nature.
Best wishes,
keiko
very sunny images...in the Netherlands we also had a cold, but very sunny weekend! greetings+thanks for all those beautiful nature shots!
beautiful shots. It seems to be very fresh up there. But for me I hope snow can wait a while.
What a beautiful place in our world !
Beautiful and moving post. A wonderful way to remember your friend.
Looks like it was a beautiful day. What a lovely place to remember your friend, Frank. :)
A beautiful memory, most important, beautiful friendship never forgotten. You are one of a kind Barb.
Oh and the ghost town post! I loved it....I was trying to imagine being in the log cabin, ahhh just think, dirt floor, not worrying about mopping it, or dusting...the perfect life. hehehe except it was a hard life...and you don't hear too often of longevity either. I don't think I would be a good pioneer...
What a touching tribute to your friend. :)
Lovely memories of your friend. It must have been a somewhat sad day but also full of happy memories.
We are getting a big storm tonight. If it gets to you, it'll help the ski area...
Hello, Barb! Enveloped in the beautiful fall light, it must have been a bitter-sweet time with gentle memories of Frank and with the fact that he’s not around you anymore. He became one with the nature he loved. To be remembered, Frank would have been together with you smiling. Best wishes to your eternal friendship.
Yoko
A nice way to remember a friend, to listen to the whispering of the wind and know he is still out there.
Just the kind of place I want my ashes scattered when I move on.
so nice barb- and just the way many of us would like to be remembered by our friends. hope you're enjoying the big storm- maybe that opening day will happen-
Wow great commemoration of your friend. So fantastic that you retraced a bit of his life and passions.
That's a gorgeous, cooling landscape. Beautiful. Thank you!
A Wonderful place to pay tribute to your friend Barb and snow already.
I think there is a little in the mountains here already as well.
Love the leaf in the snow.
A very beautiful and moving tribute to your friend Frank.
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