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The O. Zone: Commencement is no time to retreat to a thankfully bygone era
One of my three sons graduated with an engineering degree from the University of Colorado Boulder earlier this month, and I was disappointed. Not in him. But in the job…
The O. Zone: A rail study would be great, but local stops would be even better
The Winter Park Ski Train in Fraser with Winter Park ski area in the background (David O. Williams photo). The Denver Nuggets are like a ski train that just keeps…
The O. Zone: Getting old(er) doesn’t mean bending knee to kings
The cast of “Hamilton” at the Victoria Palace Theater in London on April 22. LONDON – Last Tuesday evening, I had the pleasure of attending for the first time, with…
The O. Zone: I love April powder … and protests. Get out there on both fronts!
The author busting through some branches on Seldom in Sundown Bowl at Vail on Friday. Anybody know what happened to the “Seldom” trail sign? Vail has been hit with more…
RealVail.com added to Signal chat about Trump plan to confiscate trophy homes in ski towns
RealVail.com over the weekend was added to a Signal messenger app text string between Trump cabinet secretaries discussing a housing plan aimed at high-end resort areas that will apparently be…
The O. Zone: Why write about policy when our democracy is circling the drain?
No, by all means, let’s keep doing this on the main highway through the Colorado mountains. Semi crash in Glenwood Canyon (photo courtesy of CDOT). With temperatures in the Eagle…
The O. Zone: Riding that train, high on disdain for Trump’s treatment of Ukraine
Glenwood Canyon from the California Zephyr on Monday (David O. Williams photo). A little over seven months ago I was at my mom’s house in Birch Bay, Washington, when I wrote…
The O. Zone: Snow slams Vail, Shiffrin misses mark at Worlds, airline update
Snowy scenes at Beaver Creek on Friday (Beaver Creek Mountain Facebook photo). What a difference a week makes. Last Saturday (Feb. 8) I wrote how the Eagle River Valley that…
The O. Zone: Locals get gouged again as ‘low-fare’ airlines target school breaks
I’ve lived in the Eagle River Valley since June of 1991 (minus one year in Washington, D.C. and one year in Seattle), and in that 32-year span I’ve flown out…
The O. Zone: Strong storms incoming, Shiffrin GS PTSD, Powder to the People
O. Zone freshies on Meadow Mountain on Saturday (KKW photo). It was a much-needed snowy weekend in the Eagle River Valley, inspiring me to some more quick hits on a…