I had dinner with some former coworkers from Kaiser Arapahoe tonight. Lots of fun to see every one. First photo l-r Kris, Pam, Kathy, the other SueP, Sue V, Bekki, Toni and Pam. Next one SueV, Bekki, Toni, Pam, Cathy, Linda, Kris and Pam. They bought me dinner and ordered a birthday cake for me.
Before and after I blew out the candle with my Kaiser friends. The next day I drove down to Canon City with my friends Katy and Katie for our annual raft trip. In Colorado Springs on I-25 we had a blowout. We pulled over on a very narrow shoulder of a very busy section of the highway with cars whizzing by just inches from the car. We called AAA and they send a police car to direct traffic and Craig in a tow truck. He changed the tire right there on the highway in just a couple minutes and we were on our way.
We were right on time for our raft trip on the Arkansas river. There was this warning sign as we signed the waivers. There was a group of Amish in another raft on the trip. I would be scared to death to flip out of the raft wearing a long dress or dress slacks. But they had a great time.
It was a lovely sunny day on the river. The water is low but still enough waves to keep us wet on the way down.
Katy enjoying the ride. Katy, Dennis and I went in our own boat on a very relaxing Bighorn Canyon ride. The raft ahead of us heading down into Harvey Wallbanger- the giant rock ahead.
Katie and some coworkers went on another raft down the Royal Gorge. A bit more exciting. Katie is in the blue shirt.
Katy, Katie and I have been coming down to Canon City every year to raft with Dennis who owns Raft Masters. This year we rode in an oar boat and he paddled us down the river. Here we are heading into a rapid. I love how my hair is blowing backwards.
Me enjoying the ride. Katy, Dennis and I powering through white water.
Dennis took us out to dinner afterwards for some yummy Mexican food. Since it is still my birthday season they gave us a complementary birthday dessert to share. Sue, Dennis, the gumball machine, Katie and Katy after dinner.
I went to Kaiser for some tests today and the union was picketing. It is the union negotiation year this year and the company is playing hard to get. Soon after I was hired at Kaiser we went on strike and picketed here too. Good luck to these guys. Lake Dillon in Summit county this afternoon.
Lake Dillon in Summit county this afternoon. I visited with my friends Sharon and Larry this afternoon. I used to ski with Sharon. Larry makes stained glass fish. Here is one of his masterpieces. He is a fisherman so his fish are anatomically correct. I also visited a minute with my friend Katy who teaches skiing in the winter and I took many years of excellent lessons from her.
Beautiful historic downtown Frisco, Colorado at sunset. I had dinner in Frisco with my former coworkers from when I worked at Summit Medical Center in Frisco, Co.Margo, Ginny, Barb, Linda and Mary. We are all now retired. Great to see them all.
Sunset from downtown Frisco. There is a lot of smoke in the air from the forest fires. I stopped by the lab for a minute at Summit Medical Center hospital. When I worked here it as a smaller clinic. I mostly worked in the smaller lab in the medical center before the hospital was built, but I worked in this one for a few months and left because working on call I couldn't keep up with all the new things in this bigger lab. Here is John on of the techs I worked with there.
Kind of a weird bunch of signs. I passed Butts rentals and saw the sign Butts has gas. Then I was following a dump truck that had this sign on the back, This truck takes frequent dumps.There is a fire ban in effect now and this no smoking sign is pure Colorado. The natural arch on the Arkansas river from our float yesterday.
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