Comments on: Happy New Beer!

By: Perpetua

Perpetua — Sun, 02 Jan 2011 19:05:50 +0000

Happy New Year! It sounds like we’ll miss you in Boston this year, H.

By: Historiann

Historiann — Sun, 02 Jan 2011 16:19:01 +0000

Thanks, everyone, and a happy new year to you all. Colorado is bright and clear this morning–and already it’s 0 degrees F at 9:22 a.m.! I’d better get out to the barn and make sure the water hasn’t frozen and the animals have lots of fresh hay.

(Susan, I’m looking forward to our trip to Texas–looks like I’d better spend the rest of my winter break writing the paper I said I’d write last summer!)

By: Katherine

Katherine — Sun, 02 Jan 2011 13:44:13 +0000

In all the doom and gloom, the availability of good local beer is certainly something to celebrate. Hope 2011 gives us more! Happy New Year Historiann!

By: Susan

Susan — Sun, 02 Jan 2011 02:52:55 +0000

Happy New Year and New Beer! It sounds like a good motto!

By: undine

undine — Sat, 01 Jan 2011 23:44:14 +0000

Happy New Year, Historiann!

By: Tony Grafton

Tony Grafton — Sat, 01 Jan 2011 22:32:56 +0000

Happy New Year from TG and Mrs TG, who had a very happy New Year’s eve. Have a wonderful year, and please keep the enlightenment coming. Not to mention beer.

By: Historiann

Historiann — Sat, 01 Jan 2011 21:02:02 +0000

Paul--I found this description of the attempt and the wise decision to turn back in the Denver Post this morning. Yikes! (But I'm sure it looks pretty cool to those of you down safely at 7500 feet or so.)

By: Comrade PhysioProf

Comrade PhysioProf — Sat, 01 Jan 2011 20:02:23 +0000

Holy crappe! That sounds wild!!!

By: Paul Harvey

Paul Harvey — Sat, 01 Jan 2011 18:29:37 +0000

Historiann: Oh no, this is a group of hikers here who annually since 1922 have climbed the Peak on the Barr Trail and set off fireworks at midnight (I think only one year have they ever used the road, because of avalanche danger one time). Turns out, yesterday on the way up they encountered hurricane-force winds and sub-zero temps, and they made the decision for the first time in their history to cancel the hike one mile away from the Peak and get back down before someone died! So, no fireworks for us, but everyone’s alive!

By: Historiann

Historiann — Sat, 01 Jan 2011 17:54:39 +0000

Thanks, everyone! I hope your new year is starting out right.

Paul, Fort Collins was something like -8 F last night, so yeah–not a great night to head up Pike’s Peak. (But it kind of sounds like fun–were it not for the possibility of drunk drivers on the mountain. . . )