I born in New Orleans Louisiana but I left when I was 32. I now live on the Western Slope of the Rocky Mountains, near Grand Junction Colorado in a small town called Fruita.

Not much snow here in the valley but in about an hour's drive. I'm at a ski resort called Powderhorn in the neighborhood of 8000 to 10000 feet on the Grand Mesa. It is the largest flatop mountain in the world.

Most of the area for hundres of miles around here looks like the red rock mountain stuff you see in the old western movies.

Not bragging. I just mention this because it is a beautiful area to see. Most people get to Denver and stop. But they are missing a lot by not driving over the mountains to the western slope.