June 8-15, 2019 Fort Collins, Colorado

Still going to and from the bus for things. It is now in storage. But on Tuesday it goes to Denver for oil changes and things.  Here are the finished paw print jewels. I made some other kinds from more of my new glass, but they are still cooling off in the kiln. 

I drove down to Denver today for the Glass Artists of Colorado summer picnic. We had a yummy taco bar, numerous salads and desserts. It was great to see everyone.  I didn't get all the names but the first photo is Laurie, Joan and Sandy, the second one is Roxanne, Karen, Annalis, and Mia.  

Vilma, Jill, Deb, and Leslie. Beautiful day along the bike path today.

I took the dirt route back on my bike ride. The greenery is amazing.  We met Steve, Ginny and Jeff for dinner tonight. We were right between the Crooked Stave Brewery, the Wine bar and Mexican food.  Fun to see everyone.  

Pre sunset, missed the actual thing. On the way home we ran into Valerie, a friend of John's from when he lived in Eagle. She and her son Gunner are in town checking out the college.

Pretty bike ride today. I rode my mountain bike so I rode on more dirt than bike path, North Shields Lake. The trail along the Poudre River  

A side stream coming to the Poudre. I love the roots on this tree. 

More roots. This is the bike path, I usually walk over these. Sunset tonight. 

This wacky cloud looked kind of threatening at sunset tonight. I made tamales and spanish rice for dinner. The tamale recipe said it made 20 tamales. It made over 50. I started at 430 pm. I got some of the tamales ready to eat at 730. My lame tamales, I need a rubber band on them to get them to stay rolled. They were really good. Good thing, there are about 40+ in the freezer now.

June 4-7, 2019 Carbondale to Fort Collins, Colorado

We drove over to Vail to visit with John's sister Bridget and her family. We went out for pizza for lunch. John, Levi, Jack, Jennie, Dean Jr, Dean Sr and Bridget. Bridget and Dean are visiting from Chicago. Jennie and her family are from Denver. They are all staying in beautiful, huge condo at Vail that Michael-Jennie's husband got for free in the off season

through the management company he works for. for the week. It was fun to see them all. The view from the condos of Vail Village and Vail ski mountain. They are setting up for some Go-Pro games this weekend.  

Some willow sculptures in Ford Park in Vail that we walked to. John is with Levi and Dean to the right of the waterfall. 

Glenwood canyon on our drive back to Carbondale after the visit. Sunset in Carbondale tonight.

Still snow in the Rockies. We waited so long to come back because we did not want to drive over the passes with snow on them. It was still snowing last week.  Copper Mountain ski area looks like it still has enough snow to still be open. 

Dillon Reservoir is pretty low. Probably because they are expecting a huge run off when the snow melts. We went over a giant pothole and 5 drawers opened up. We are hoping it did not bend a wheel. 

Last fall there was a leak in the toilet supply line in our house and it flooded. A company came and cleaned up and packed up everything. We got new carpet and vinyl flooring and a new toilet and vanity/sink. Like a new house, but what a mess. We will not have to put the furniture back and unpack all the boxes. 

 

Went biking today and it is GREEN on the bike path. John took me out to dinner for our anniversary. He got a table right on the square where they were having a free Mariachi concert tonight. 

Our view of the band from our table, they even had dancers! A view of them up close.  Great dinner and evening. 

Jeff dropped by this am to visit. Nice to see him. We are making headway with the boxes. Had dinner at Mandy and John's house tonight. Great to see them. Jay, Ken, John, John and Mandy. Yummy dinner. 

Sunset tonight. My first kiln full of jewels today. Glass I picked up at the glass expo in Vegas this spring. 

May 31- June 3 2019 Westwater, Utah to Carbondale, Colorado

In the 90's and hot.

The Hole in the Wall. It is a gift shop and house carved into the rock here. We parked last night at Westwater on the Colorado River. We were boondocking, so no power for AC. It did cool off at night so we could sleep tho.

Evening light over the Colorado River. We were camped right across the street from a sheep farm. Lots of little lambs. The were all baaaing at the same time the whole day.

There is a hydraulic fluid leak and the front slide keeps creeping out as we drive. It has gotten so bad that John is afraid it will come all the way out while we are driving on the high. Turns out there is an eye bolt under the sink and a winch that came with the bus that attaches to the table brace to pull the slide in if it gets stuck out. It is not broken enough, so it still tries to slide out a little bit, even winched in.  We are hoping to get the bus in tomorrow to have it worked on. Welcome to Colorado through the bugs on the windshield.  

We are now parked at the Junction West RV park in Grand Junction. Nice for a commercial park. Sunset tonight.

Finished this basket today. It is made with seeds my friend Toni found on the beach in Florida. It is 6 x 3 inches. 

Started this one today. I fused the piece of glass in the middle. Well the RV places in Grand Junction do not fix hydraulic leaks, but John tried the truck place across the street from the RV park and they got us right in and fixed the problem. We now have working slides, that don't creep out while driving. 

Martha and Chili dog walking along the river. Jimjim, Martha, John, Carla and Jeff along the river. 

Lady slipper orchid, wand lily, spirea, golden banner, purple flower and lilacs. The bus in front of Martha and Jimjim's house in Carbondale, Co. 

Jimjim and Martha having dinner at the mexican restaurant with us. Glad we were able to catch up with them in their busy schedule. Great to see them.  Sunset over Sopris mountain-still covered with snow.