Right on schedule, 2019’s climatological summer began with a perfect first June day of 74 degrees under a partly sunny sky. Thirty-five Ouray Trail Group volunteers, who turned out to upgrade several sections of the

Perimeter Trail, didn’t mind this at all, especially since only three days earlier, the last snow of winter was falling.

June’s often perfect weather has inspired poets and sages of all ages and climes. “Green was the silence, wet was the light, the month of June trembled like ...