. Imagine a bell that attaches to your backpack or clothing. It constantly jingles (unbelievably annoying) in order to warn any bears that humans are approaching. That’s the idea behind a bear bell. And they’re a total load of crap. Our innkeepers plus other locals said they do nothing. It’s better to talk loudly to warn a bear of your presence (bears don’t like to be surprised – so if they hear you, they just might go the other way). And for emergency situations, those bear bells won’t do much anyway. So, purchasing some bear spray (think pepper spray on crack) is a much better idea. We are quick learners. So, we ditched those bells and made a run to the local outdoor store for some bear spray the day after we arrived. And “HEY BEAR” was promptly stated every couple of minutes during hikes and as we approached turns in the trail. Thankfully, we saw zero bears. In fact, besides a bunch of birds, squirrels and rabbits, we saw no creatures of nature.

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The council decided in a split vote Tuesday night not to open up a planned 5-mile pedestrian and equestrian trail on Anemone Hill, the open space property just west of downtown Boulder, to mountain bikes. "I voted for the mountain bike loop on Anemone last night," Cowles wrote in an e-mail late Wednesday night. Boulder City Councilman Macon Cowles touched off a firestorm among the local mountain biking community today after sending a group of cyclists an e-mail in which he dismissed as "a bunch of s-t" their complaints over a recent vote to bar riders'... The nine elected leaders have faced a barrage of e-mails from angry and disappointed cyclists in the days following that decision, but one council member's response to a group of cyclists has riled mountain bike advocates. Overton had sent an e-mail to Councilwoman Lisa Morzel -- which was copied to the rest of the council -- a few hours earlier in which he said that he would not support her re-election campaign because of her vote not to allow mountain bikes on...

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