Finally getting cold here at the cabin again. Was 24 degrees F today. I use supplemental wood heating, mostly for the beauty and warmth (also for the opportunity to cut and split firewood). I lived in Colorado for 22 years and loved it, but unfortunately the Berkeley Birkenstocks have taken it over, at least on the Eastern slope. The frontier independence is gone, replaced by those who feel the need to make others conform to their ideas and lifestyles. I would have a hard time now living anywhere but rural Red State America. You can burn wood, use loud chainsaws, and even pop off a few rounds on your property without anyone getting their undies in a wad. When I hear gunshots, I think of deer, varmints, or sighting in, not gang members.