well...*grin*..I hope it didn't sound like cause & effect!...my mother's sister lived 'out there' the last 40 years of her life...in Rifle, Glenwood Springs, and finally in Pueblo. Her 3 boys still live in the state. I had an uncle in Salida for a few years in the 50s.

The ice incident was my mom driving to my dad's next assignment in Winter.....the car hit some ice, did 3 slow spins, and stopped with one rear wheel over the edge. She said I never even woke up.