Jerry Henson's (jerryhenson) Blog

We are seeing smoke this afternoon coming from west of La Veta Pass and also from west of Stonewall.  Two small wildfires are burning in these area.  The dry windy springtime conditions have the entire SE portion of Colorado under a Fire Danger Alert.Tomorrow's forecast calls for scattered rain/s...

Alison Rice is the winning blogger for commenting on the new proposed website designs.  Congratulations Alison.  And the landslide winning design was Blue Sky.  (see at http://stage.lavetarealty.com/r2.0.c1.htmThanks to everyone who submitted comments and suggestions.  See all the posts at www.La...

You might win 1 night of Free Lodging for just giving me your opinion. That's right, just REPLY to this, and qualify for the drawing of one Night's Lodging here in La Veta, Colorado.  And it's FREE.  I am currently working with Creative Lab 208 to redesign my website,  http://www.lavetarealty.com...

  We woke this morning to 10 inches of fresh wet snow in La Veta.  The Cuchara area reported over 15 inches.  Hopefully we are finally seeing the last snows of the season.  The snow pushed the elk back down in the meadow and it was beautiful.  By noon, the sun was bright and my horses were waitin...

Several grassland fires are burning at Ft. Carson (near Colorado Springs) and Ordway (east of Pueblo).  This is quite a ways northeast of La Veta, but reminds us all just how badly we will continue to need moisture this spring.  Range fires are generally worrysome with a combination of dry condit...

 We are so very lucky to have the championship Grandote Peaks Golf Course right here in La Veta.  This week the Golf Resort opened their new dining operation.  Our Bachman Real Estate Office enjoyed the first seating by holding our weekly sales meeting at the Club for breakfast.  Not just any bre...

Hi friends and neighbors, welcome to my new blog.  As a "newbie" I will ease into this by suggesting that if you have an interest in rural mountain lifetstyles of southern colorado, then this may be the blogsite for you.   I will post a wide variety of comments dealing with local news, views and ...