This has been a very lazy, rainy day. It was sunny when we got up this morning, but the rain started about 10:30 and has been coming down on and off all day long. As I type this at 9:00, it's still sprinkling. The gentle sound of the rain blends with the river flowing by and makes this a sleeping paradise! But, as you can tell, I'm not asleep.
We all slept late this morning. Finally figured out that if we put a blanket over our bedroom windows, the early morning sun doesn't wake us quite so early. It was about 9:45 when we all emerged from our sleeping quarters and sat down to rest in the living room. Isn't that the way it usually is? You get out of bed, take care of business, and then find somewhere to sit down. Well, that's how it is in our house anyway. Especially when we're on vacation.
Dear wanted to drive over to the Wolf Creek Pass Ski Resort to see what it looks like in the summer. We've been there in the winter because we all spent one Christmas up here several years ago. B&K were still in Lazy mode, so Dear and I went by ourselves. It was a nice little drive in the rain until we got to South Fork. Then the sun was shining again. The road to the pass is Highway 160 -- a nice two-lane road through another National Forest. Everything is so pretty and green now. The aspens are the brightest green of all. We made it to WCPSR in about an hour and, of course, it's shut down for the season. But we pulled into the lower parking lot and took a couple of pictures.
It started raining again on the way back, but Dear wanted to get gas in the Pilot. It was barely sprinkling when we stopped at the gas station, but the bottom dropped out just as Dear was getting out to pump the gas. And the credit card pump didn't have a canopy. Luckily, my umbrella was still in the car from yesterday. I thought about taking a picture of Dear as he pumped gas under the umbrella, but I didn't.
By the time we got back to Cottonwood Cove, the rain had stopped again. I've been wanting to take a jaunt up Pool Table Road between CC and Creede, so Dear was game this time. We drove up the road for about 6 miles. The views were awesome. Took more pictures.
We started back on the road to Creede when B called to see if we would pick up some more DP from the grocery in Creede. Sure thing. Dear pulled into the do-it-yourself car wash place next to the laundromat (appropriate location, don't you think?) and washed most of the mud off of the Pilot. Yes, it was still raining, but this mud was pretty caked on and the rain wouldn't have washed it away. We picked up the DP's from the Kentucky Belle Market and headed back to the cabin.
We're trying to eat up all the food we bought so we don't have to cart a bunch of it back home with us, especially the perishables. The crackers and bread and such will be fine and we have a cooler for the sodas and fruit. But there were a few things in the freezer and the meat really needed to be used. B&K ate some of the taquitos out of the freezer, so Dear and I fixed the rest of them for our late lunch. Now if we can just drink a GALLON of milk in the next few hours, we'll be good.
Dear scheduled a telecon with our new webmaster for COLAG at 8 our time, so we just puttered around the cabin and B and I did a little fishing in the river while we waited for the 8:00 hour. Dear and I packed up the laptops about 7:45 and made the little walk up to the lodge. I've been updating my Facebook photos and browsing the web while he's been on the phone with Tony.
He just got finished, so we're ready to get back to the cabin and chill for a bit before turning in for the night. Maybe some more reading for me...I'm starting the last book in the Redemption series by Karen Kingsbury. I highly recommend these books! Good fiction with a good message. Very poignant. Keep Kleenex handy.
Okay. I'm caught up again. Check out the new photos in the Facebook album. We've been feeding the ground squirrels and chipmunks that are everywhere here at the ranch. They LOVE us and will be very sad to see us go! LOL
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