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Ophir, December 1990 (Sunshine Peak in the distance, our husky on our deck), the main highway in the distance below Sunshine, one of the Ophir Needles in the upper right.
In December of 1990 my 6 month pregnant wife and I moved from San Diego to Ophir, Co. I had found a job in Telluride, so we packed our 1974 Powerwagon and we moved. My wife did not at first appreciate the aesthetic possibilities of our new home, at 9700', 3 miles up this canyon, and 20 miles and nearly a dozen avalanche chutes away from Telluride. It was the only place we could afford to live though, as it was pretty pricey in Telluride. A nearly 200 mile round trip drive to Montrose for groceries and doctor visits made life a little harder. We were broke but happy.
In the winter it was an intensely private and isolated place to live, the 50 residents (and dogs) kept to themselves, except when avalanches covered the road. We were still on a party line with only a few phone lines coming in, which was inconvenient with a pregnant wife. A lot of snow, cold and wind. Several times we had to park our cars on one side of a huge slide covering the road, walk over it to the other side where neighbors shuttled us up to town. We lived here for 3 1/2 years, then one nasty spring storm drove us to move to Telluride.
I found this video of Ophir, brought back some memories, the video was shot from in front of our house:
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