June 15-22, 2015, Brighton, CO




 We left Chama Monday morning and drove north through the beautiful southern Colorado Mountains, the San Luis Valley and then through more beautiful mountains in central Colorado.  We arrived at our friend’s, Teri and Bill’s, house in Brighton which is northeast of Denver.  Teri and Bill live on a small acreage and we are able to park in the driveway by their shop.









Teri and Bill have two new additions to their family - Chaps and Gracie are 3 month kittens a friend of theirs rescued in Savannah, GA.   They are so cute and kept us entertained with their kitten antics.  Chaps was laying on his sister while we were eating dinner one evening.  Camille and Cody weren’t impressed with the kittens and the kittens were afraid of the dogs. Although, Chaps, the male, did come into the same room that the dogs were in while they were in their cages. 






We were able to visit with Nancy’s parents a couple of times while we were in Colorado.  It was so nice to see them again - we really missed them not being in Arizona this past winter.   We spent Father’s Day with Nancy’s son, Chad and his wife Kim.  We had a nice lunch with them and our granddaughter, Mariah and her boyfriend, Ken.  It was good seeing them and thank you Kim for the much needed haircuts.






We also had a nice visit with Nancy’s sister, Carol and her husband, Vince in Fort Collins.  We were also able to spend a day with our good friends, Bob and Jean in Loveland.  We had a great time visiting relatives and friends and thank Teri and Bill for their great hospitality and for sharing Chaps and Gracie with us.

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