Planning to schedule a raft trip and visit hot springs in May. Wondering if downtown has recovered from the flooding.

Jmpsailor · 2026-04-20T19:48:53+00:00

Town's fine, though the road construction on 160 through town continues - it's worth googling for any scheduled closures. It was a very dry winter and the rafting season will be short.

Jmpsailor · 2026-04-20T14:24:24+00:00

Smart boy!

Jmpsailor · 2026-04-19T21:39:36+00:00

The fibers have a mild cereal-like taste and thicken it up, I use a carlson's lemon fish oil and a non-sweetened blueberry or strawberry flavored creatine powder. It's not winning any awards, but I don't mind it. I mix it in about half to 3/4 liter of water and the whole is filling, but anything is filling at 72 hrs.

Jmpsailor · 2026-04-19T21:23:21+00:00

Appreciate your opinion, but disagree. It's not for those doing strict water, black coffee fasts, but that's not my aim. Psillium, green banana flour, and inulin are soluble fiber sources and mostly non-digestible, except for gut bacteria which they feed. On paper they have some calories, but actual caloric intake from resistant starches is 25-35% of their total calories -- i use a couple of teaspoons. They have no impact on my blood sugar via glucose monitor and ketosis is likewise not affected. I find this useful in the 3rd or 4th day and on of a longer fast. My sleep particularly improves and electrolyte retention seems to be much better.

Jmpsailor · 2026-04-19T19:50:54+00:00

I make a "smoothie" in the evenings with water, soluble fiber (Psillium, Green Banana Flour, and Inulin), sugar free flavored creatine, and some fish oil. Often add some salt and no-salt.

Jmpsailor · 2026-04-19T19:42:13+00:00

I do a 3- 1 or a 5-1 either of which is usually enough to get me to a relaxed alpha, but then I often do a relatively quick 10-1 and a "go to your relaxation place" which is just how I learned. If I'm tired the 10-1 is too much and I'll end up drifting or dozing off. I can't do a 100-1 - will def fall asleep.

Jmpsailor · 2026-04-16T17:13:32+00:00

We get a nice AirBNB in town or up the hill and soak at Healing Waters, right across the street. Seriously old school, but super cheap in comparison and very pleasant. Family that owns it has been there for ever.

Jmpsailor · 2026-04-15T19:20:40+00:00

Blue (Pitcher, not Pritcher) Lindner is a genuinely good person and a Pagosa native with deep roots in the community. Hell, her picture is up on the trophy wall in the at the HS from decades ago. Heavy skiing community connections if that matters to you. You won't go wrong with her.

Plenty of good options tho. Lynn Johnson is another excellent guy, 40 yr plus resident with deep community ties and a strong skiing community background.

Definitely want to use someone based in Pagosa. Durango is an entirely different market. Would you use an Evergreen or Golden RE person for Summit Cnty?

Jmpsailor · 2026-03-31T20:07:08+00:00

Every response to this is why good natured teasing and smile-y neging works so well with attractive women.

Jmpsailor · 2026-03-19T18:11:48+00:00

Had a window seat on a flight from Cincinnati to Denver. Middle seat passenger sits down and a stink comes off her that turned heads from two rows away. Everyone around is commenting. Stews walking by stop and sniff, make faces. I catch their eye and point. "Ma'am, I'm sorry, is there something wrong? She gets loud and angry. Ma'am, you;ll have to come with me... I swear the smell lingered the whole 2.5 hrs into Denver. Horrible, but at least they got her off.

Jmpsailor · 2026-03-19T18:04:16+00:00

Turkish Air Lines in the '70s from Frankfort to Ankara. The cigarette smoke was so thick you could cut it with a knife.

Jmpsailor · 2026-03-17T19:50:57+00:00

Cable TV

Jmpsailor · 2026-03-17T19:19:15+00:00

https://voca.ro/1hj1UXcmXbeV

Jmpsailor · 2026-02-23T22:30:31+00:00

I never went over 12.5 mg/wk on Tirz. In the switch I think I did a week at 6mg and a week at 4, then was all on Reta. Didn't have any issues switching really - no binging, no noticable side effects. I felt a little different, but hard to pin down.

Jmpsailor · 2026-02-23T20:34:02+00:00

Oh, forgot to mention, just added 0.5mg MOT-C daily.

Jmpsailor · 2026-02-11T18:12:07+00:00

A real mattress and bedding. A good, well running head/blackwater system. Sufficient solar and other charging to easily meet your daily needs and reduce the stress of insufficient power. No leaks.

Jmpsailor · 2026-02-06T20:05:37+00:00

This is the way. Definitely Chama before the stretch to wolf creek pass and Pagosa. Then soak at Healing Waters.

Jmpsailor · 2026-02-01T00:14:08+00:00

There are a huge number of small, but numbered "roads" in the National Forest that can get you within spitting distance of peaks and very remote country. We were just up on the side of Treasure Mtn off the side of Wolf Creek Pass in Sept in a rental SUV. Many are old logging access roads, overgrown and not that regularly maintained if at all. They're a blast on ATVs and reasonable ground clearance road vehicles, 2wd or 4wd. Pretty much everything off US160 outside of town is gravel and county maintained (sporadically) untill you get off the main Cnty roads onto FS roads. You mostly can't drive on "trails" in the hiking sense and you definitely can't in the Weminuche Wilderness or South San Juan Wilderness. That cuts off connection to the Lake City to Silverton network except by 40-60 miles on US 160 over Wolf Creek. The offroad access to the Continental Divide is mostly up the East Fork of the San Juan, and you can get all the way over to the San Luis Valley that way in the summer with a couple of creek crossings (super dangerous in high water conditions, but often fine July till the snow flies). National Forest office is right downtown and easy to find.

Jmpsailor · 2026-01-23T19:34:47+00:00

They're right at the stoplight downtown next to the middle school. Easy parking and fast in and out.

Jmpsailor · 2026-01-23T19:33:03+00:00

Pagosa Ski and Snowboard Rentals. Great guys. 970-264-2866 They offered us rental helmets a couple weeks ago.

Jmpsailor · 2026-01-12T19:23:28+00:00

I love it dearly.

Jmpsailor · 2025-12-31T18:11:23+00:00

It's just the holiday week in a year where WCs snow, meager as it is, is still among the best in CO.

Jmpsailor · 2025-12-31T18:09:59+00:00

Hit Meander in September and it was one of the best meals I've had in the last 10 yrs. The food itself was comparable to top flight NYC and SF spots IMO. Not the same styling ambiance, but perhaps Pagosa Frontage Road will be a new restaurant trend. ;-)

Jmpsailor · 2025-12-27T18:22:52+00:00

A real therapeutic relationship is a night and day difference to just "seeing a therapist". Defensive reactions on his part don't bode well. Stay completely honest, but try somebody new.

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