Pinecam.com is a gathering of new millennium pickle barrels. So, dust off your duds, pull up a chair and get ready to chime in with lively chatter in any of Pinecam's numerous forums. Pinecam serves the Colorado Front range communities, "up the hill" from Denver, in and along the 285 Corridor. If you live in Conifer, Pine, Bailey or Evergreen, Pinecam is a first stop for community information. Pinecammers (as we are called) are not limited to these areas; we get our share of interested and vocal flatlanders from all over the country.
Pinecam is a community. We bicker, we support, we console. Amidst the jokin', chewin' and spittin', independent mountain spirits have been known to gather in prayerful and quantifiable compassion. No empty murmurs of sympathy here. Such readiness to jump in and help resonates with the echoes of the days when ranches and mining towns were spread all over hell and gone, with long rides on horseback or chugging trains to get to your neighbor's side. Regardless of political persuasion or religious affiliation, Pinecammers respond with overwhelming support. The Study be damned, someone needs help. Pinecammers have cooked for a mom who had to travel 80 miles every week to take her sick son to the hospital. They have offered assistance to a daughter so she could be at her ailing father's side in Montana.
With a black and white Quickcam and a separate weathercam page, Wayne Harrison wanted a wild mushroom-hunting site, Mycelium. The site received more hits to the weather page. July 1996, June 2000 and July 2002 brought rapid and critical changes to the community weather site, which became the go-to community resource during the Buffalo Creek, Hi Meadow and Hayman fires, respectively. In true frontier spirit, Harrison worked the site alone. Now, with no paid advertising, Google text ads drive revenue. Volunteers moderate the forums and they take their jobs seriously. As of this writing, the Members List boasts 8,998 members and reflects a community in flux. Pinecam is not a substitute for the two papers that serve the corridor. It is about community as much as news and other information.
Pinecam is a community. We bicker, we support, we console. Amidst the jokin', chewin' and spittin', independent mountain spirits have been known to gather in prayerful and quantifiable compassion. No empty murmurs of sympathy here. Such readiness to jump in and help resonates with the echoes of the days when ranches and mining towns were spread all over hell and gone, with long rides on horseback or chugging trains to get to your neighbor's side. Regardless of political persuasion or religious affiliation, Pinecammers respond with overwhelming support. The Study be damned, someone needs help. Pinecammers have cooked for a mom who had to travel 80 miles every week to take her sick son to the hospital. They have offered assistance to a daughter so she could be at her ailing father's side in Montana.
With a black and white Quickcam and a separate weathercam page, Wayne Harrison wanted a wild mushroom-hunting site, Mycelium. The site received more hits to the weather page. July 1996, June 2000 and July 2002 brought rapid and critical changes to the community weather site, which became the go-to community resource during the Buffalo Creek, Hi Meadow and Hayman fires, respectively. In true frontier spirit, Harrison worked the site alone. Now, with no paid advertising, Google text ads drive revenue. Volunteers moderate the forums and they take their jobs seriously. As of this writing, the Members List boasts 8,998 members and reflects a community in flux. Pinecam is not a substitute for the two papers that serve the corridor. It is about community as much as news and other information.
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