Gary, hope you and family enjoy Vermont. I enjoyed our trips that you so ably led. Best wishes! Will Burt
On Tuesday, March 29, 2022 at 9:27:02 AM UTC-6 [email protected] wrote: > Hi all > > We are moving to Vermont and our house in Nunn will be listed in next > weeks. We expect a quick sale in this "hot" market. I wish I can personally > thank many of you for your generosity and enthusiasm about birding. I > enjoyed everyone of you who attended any trips I led up here and down in > Colorado Springs-area. I appreciated bumping into birders in the field and > learning something new about birding, life and yourself. I really enjoyed > "passerbyers" and pointing out birds to them and seeing the light "turn on" > for birding. > > Ten things I'll miss about Colorado > > - Pawnee National Grassland--growing up in the most dense state in > America (NJ) Colorado taught me to truly appreciated and embrace living on > the prairie > - Love the Colorado concert scene-especially at Red Rocks > - Beautiful weather > - Diversity of birds--who knew gulls existed outside a beach > - Scenic drives in the mountains > - Fort Collins > - "Hiding" the last ten years of my Air Force career at the > magnificent U. S. Air Force Academy > - Conservation-minded citizenry > - Pikes Peak-in the middle of an Air Force tour in South Korea I > received a phone call saying my next assignment was the Air Force Academy > in Colorado Springs. My initial "Joisey" reaction was "what the heck is in > Colorado?" (thinking wild west, wagon wheels, etc ;-) ) When I stepped off > the plane in Colorado Springs and saw Pikes Peak I said to myself (and > others) "I don't have to go back to Jersey any more" > - Plant-based protein culture and availability > > Ten things we love about Vermont > > - Did I mention GREEN? We visited last July, everywhere we went (and > we traveled the entire state) was GREEN, GREEN and more GREEN > - Billboards are illegal > - Mandatory recycle > - Maple syrup (diners and bakeries!) > - Montpelier is the only state capital without a McDonald's > - Vermont does not have any skyscraper. Vermont is the only state that > does not have any buildings taller than 124 feet > - Covered bridges > - Farm stands (pay-as-you-go, free, pay-what you can) everywhere > - Second smallest state by population > - Vermont became the last state to get a Walmart store > > I'll miss the Colorado birding community! Until we meet again ... > > Thanks, Gary Lefko, Nunn > https://www.friendsofthepawneegrassland.org/ > > https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/birds-and-more-of-the-pawnee-national-grassland > -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds?hl=en?hl=en * All posts should be signed with the poster's full name and city. Include bird species and location in the subject line when appropriate * Join Colorado Field Ornithologists https://cobirds.org/CFO/Membership/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/f0763808-9df2-45e8-8995-98b7a387a157n%40googlegroups.com.
