Insight into Pagosa Springs through the eyes of Chris Liverett (aka PagosaRE Guy)
Here is a video compilation of the February Full Moon Ski and fun races at The Ranch Community this past weekend. I did not make it, but I am going to be sure and sign up for the next one! If you want to be informed of future events like this give me your email and I will put you on the Pagosa Springs Facebook Page so that you can get community updates. (The video gets good at min 2.5)
This e-blast from the Pagosa Springs Town Tourism Committee hit my Q a few days ago indicating that Wolf Creek has done it again…The Most Snow In The Nation! Many times the biggest hurdle between me and a day of riding is getting there due to avalanche control. In the words of the great Poo…bother.
Never the less it is always worth it. Just to give you a little taste of our area’s powder I have put up this little Youtube ditty featuring some of the local talent. I saw it posted on my Facebook trail last night. (Thank you Dave Liebson) For reference this bowl is less than a mile from Wolf Creek Ski area on the Pagosa Springs side of the divide.
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Riverpointe Coffee shop in downtown Pagosa Springs
There are not many things in life that I relish as much as coffee. I can take all kinds… as long as it is good. By that I mean I am a coffee snob of sorts.
Coffee shops are an amazing mystery to me. Maybe its because they have a vibe all there own. I think mostly it is the ever present, oxymoronical element that almost always accompanies a coffee shop experience.
I go to relax, and get an over-dose of stimulant in a cup? When I crammed for my fixed wing pilots license I paid my dues at a busy Starbucks in the middle of San Antonio…to get a way from the noise? When I studied for my Real Estate license I emerged myself in several PeaBerrys so that I could concentrate?
I write this post after visiting one of our local legal liquid drug offerers known as River Pointe Coffee Cafe. Maybe I feel obliged to give them a little on-line boost since my 4 year old just gave their coffee table a new coat of “Vanilla Steamed Milk Varnish”. They jumped on it like johnny-on-the-spot and insisted that she have another cup.
I love River Pointe the most of all of our shops. Not necessarily for their coffee. I think they have a little work to do there. (reference the above mentioned coffee snobbery problem that I have) The location is hard to beat being just a few steps from the San Juan River and looking across to the Pagosa Hot Springs. I can sit and get the small amount of down-town vibe that is found there without being over run with crowds.
They have done a great job of cozyfying the place with plenty of lounging and table service too. The new owners are establishing an adjoing conference room of sorts that I think will be a great addition. I am planning on booking it for a few meetings later this year when it is complete.
From River Pointe Coffee it is a short walk to several restaurants, the Hot Springs, the River Walk and all of the activities that are found there.
Next time you are in the downtown area, give me a shout, maybe we can meet up for a little Java. I can tell you about how coffee introduced me to my wife!
Until then, support your local java provider, you may want to get job there before this economy crunch is over…you know, write a blog post about them or something.
writtin for the Pagosa Daily post by Morgan Murri
Dear Fellow Pagosans:
Thanks to your tremendous support and participation, our first annual Mountain Chile Cha Cha trail race was a sizzling success! 105 runners toed the line Saturday to begin what would quickly be recognized as a challenging and beautiful course. Hard to imagine just steps from downtown. 
Runners ranged in ages from 19 month old Owen Hull to 72-year-old, 15-mile finisher, Ross Westley. Of the 105 participants 57 were Pagosans and 48 came to visit from Colorado, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Arizona and Florida.
Fifty-eight-year-old Beth “Hurricane” Carter from Crested Butte reported: “In all my career wins and top finishes …Read More
All the Labor Day Hype about the Four Corners Folk Festival has thrust in front of me some fresh information about Pagosa Springs tourism.
One such piece of info, sent by my friend D. West Davies, brought to my attention the new Website produced by our Town tourism Committee. Go here to visit and see some amazing local photographs.
Photo courtesy of Barb Rosner
I met a stranger for the last time for lunch yesterday. Ed Furtawapproached me about helping him with
an on-line presense for issues dear to my heart which I do not have time to go into today. (But stay tuned).
I say I met a stranger for the last time, because after spending just a few minutes with Ed and his wife Gail, i felt that we could enjoy each other’s company for a long time to come.
One of the major points of discussion was the 3rd annaul Mountain Chili Cha Cha that will take place here in Pagosa Springs on September 27′th of this year. The Mountain Chili Cha Cha is just one of the
Many events that will be formulated to promote comerse in the middle of our paradise…Pagos Springs.
Mtn Chili Cha Cha
Here is an excerpt from GECKO, the brainchild of Morgan Murri, where you can find out more about the competitions.
Challenging & beautiful fall trail run. $1,000 prize purse.
15 mile: 2 loops (map), 7 mile (map), 3 mile (map), Trail Race. Up, down and around Reservoir Hill in Pagosa Springs, Co.
All runs begin and end in Town Park, down town Pagosa Springs, Co.
The 3 mile run will include approximately 50% trail and 50% road running. It also includes an abrupt climb early in the run for about ½ mile.
The 7 mile run is a challenging loop, with more than 700’ of climbing. The course consists of approximately 1.5 miles of paved road, the balance being trail; ranging from dirt road…read more
I could not help myself from blogging this-
As I performed my routine scan of the PagosaDailyPostthis morning I ran across this small excerpt-
“As you have probably seen, our Liberty Theatre has been closed due to repair.
A part that controls our projector has gone out and we are waiting for the new part to arrive, so that we can replace it. At this point, we do not know when we will be up and running. Therefore, we are not sure what movies we will be running Friday — or if we will even be open by Friday. So check the Post for the latest news. Thanks for your patience!
When we know, you’ll know!
Say what you want about living metro vs rural…I will take this pace of life any-day!
During my morning net peruse I found this interesting article written by Cyndi Mitchell of the Pagosa Daily Post. I thought it was worth looking at.
“The Town of Pagosa Springs is putting the finishing touches on its Downtown Master Plan, a guide to development and “re-development” of the historic core of Pagosa Springs. That plan focuses on the area of downtown along Highway 160, otherwise known as “Main Street.” But what about the ‘other half’ of the downtown core — Hot Springs Boulevard?Back in the 1800s, the U.S. Government platted the area surrounding the Great Pagosa Hot Springs, one of the largest and deepest hot springs in the world, with vague plans to one day build a convalescent hospital for Civil War veterans. That plan was shelved, and the area… “READ MORE
Truth is stranger than fiction (and funnier too).
Last week I encountered a situation that is too funny not to share with my readers. The story begins about a year and a half ago in the spring of 2006 when I helped a young couple find a parcel of land that they would soon prepare for construction. They took every precaution to get the perfect piece of real estate, one that they could build a home on that they were proud of. After about 6 weeks of looking we finally found it. I spoke to them two times after closing, and as things go, we all got busy with our lives.
Fast forward to July of 2007. The gentlemen of the former mentioned couple walks into my office at about 6:30 one evening. We’ll call him Jody. After exchanging pleasantries and catching up a bit he tells me that he would like to try and purchase the property adjacent to his. I can help him with that. “It’s what I do” came my feeble attempt at weary comedy. As he was leaving my office I assured him that I would do my homework and have a direction for him to make an offer in the next few days.
After dialing the phone number that I came up with for the neighbors acreage I got a series of beeps which lead me to believe that she, we’ll call her Ms. Spacey, was using her phone for a tandem fax set up. Ok, I’ll try a call again tomorrow…same story. I then checked every reference I could find to come up with an alternate number to reach her. No good. Plan “B” I’ll draft a note and fax it to her. I did this by hand so that it would not appear to be a sales scam. Two faxes later I have nothing. Plan “C” send her a letter. Sent the letter and waited with nothing in return. I decided to keep trying these three methods until something turned up. Days turned into weeks and then a couple of months until this project slid off my radar.
Then last week I get a phone call from the feminine counterpart of my young couple clients ( we’ll call her Jackie) priming me again to get this land for them. I did not want to let them down. I rolled up my sleeves and with great determination went back to the fax machine with a barrage of hand written notes. Then …the call. It was Ms. Spacey herself. She seemed very surprised that her phone was rolling over to the fax. When I told her it had been for months she laughed and said “I’m not really in the twentieth century yet”. ( which I found hysterical in and of itself) As she started reminiscing about the piece of property I flipped open my laptop to discover she had owned it since 1979. She told me of weeks of camping, motorcycle riding, soaking in the springs (the old school version with cross ties) bonfires, birdwatching and on and on about the good old days and her “Pagosa paradise”. Ms. Spacey and her family it seems have spent countless weeks enjoying their little piece of heavenly vacation property. After all of this, to my surprise, she still said that she would sell it! Not wanting to pressure her on the spot for a purchase price I discreetly dismissed our conversation with a promise of a return call.
Two days later I have two faxes from our Ms. Spacey in my in-box. This is strange to me because I left her with all of my contact phone numbers, and I have not received any calls. The first one tells me that she thinks “I must have the wrong property owner”. Even though I used her first and last name several times in our initial conversation. I dismissed this to being confused about street address vs legal lot and block number, a pretty common occurrence. It was the second fax that still has me a little worried about what I have gotten myself into. You see, in order to make a successful transaction occur between two parties who are approaching one another in this manner, there has to be certain elements in place. Trust, understanding, intent, solid communication…and maybe sanity? After all of the fond memories of Ms. Spacey’s past with her little piece of land and the countless summer trips, the second fax says: “Mr. Chris Liverett I so much appreciate our conversation about my land in Pagosa. I want to visit it soon. Can you tell me how to get there?”
I’m not sure where this leaves us in our pursuit of a real estate transaction, but I know that some things in life are too funny to make up.
Saturday my son Cedar Paul did his first peak! Pagosa Peak standing at a little over 12,600 ft was the first on his list of Colorado Peaks to bag. He took it like a champ and slept the whole way (except for a brief moment at picture time). This is one of our areas moderate peaks to climb. It’s easily accessible in the summer and takes on about 2,000 vertical feet from trail head- to summit. We were able to do it in about 3 hours and 20 minutes with the little man. Great fun for the family, and it always scores me extra points with my wife Rachel, Peak Climbing is just about her favorite thing to do!
