Although I'm a Virginian by birth, I've lived in Colorado since 1992, and I can't imagine living in a better place. We live at the foot of the Front Range of the Colorado Rocky Mountians in a little town nestled up to the base of the mountains. From my deck I can see Raspberry Mountain and Sundance Mountain, and it's like they are standing guard over our little town. There's something mystical about the mountains and peaceful at the same time. I'm not sure of the altitude of Raspberry and Sundance, but we live below them and we are at 7,200 ft. Takes a bit of getting used to, especially when you are climbing stairs or baking your favorite cake.

We moved here from Atlanta where we were prisoners of the air conditioner from April to October. Many houses here, including ours, don't have air conditioning. We just don't need it. In fact, when the sun goes down the temperature drops about ten degrees. Sometimes in the summer we have to close the bedroom windows it's so cool. What an improvement over the climate in Atlanta, although we have some very good times there.

I worked in the media business for thirty years, and my company sent me to Atlanta in 1981 to be the startup general manager of a cable tv network called The Weather Channel. That is a blog story in itself for a later time. Now, almost 24 years later, TWC has accomplished what we started out to do - save lives. I was really proud of what they did during this past hurricane season. I've never met more dedicated employees than meteorologists. There's some good stories there also.

This is my first blog, the first of what I hope will be of interest to one or two people out there. Let me know what you would like to read about.

Copyright Hugh M. Eaton, Jr. January 12, 2006

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