Rex and Nancy's Travels - "ALL WHO WANDER ARE NOT LOST" - JRR Tolkein

We traveled back to Chama on July 31 st and were ready to start work again on August 1 st .   It will take us a few days to get back into getting up early and working again.   We didn’t do a lot in August except work and enjoy the wildlife and surrounding mountains.     We especially enjoyed the hummingbirds that visited our feeders. And the chipmunks We also enjoyed watching the deer – especially this doe and her fawn that visited almost every day. Rex had a great time getting together with others in the park who like to play and sing.   They were able to play together a few times this fall and we all enjoyed listening to these talented neighbors. We had the body shop in Chama repaint the hood on the Jeep and it makes the Jeep look a lot nicer and newer.     In August we also enjoyed another great dinner...

We are staying at St. Vrain State Park just outside of Longmont.   We spent the week visiting with Nancy’s parents, family and friends.   We enjoyed spending two days and a night with our granddaughter Mariah.   We also spent time with Nancy’s son and his wife Kim (Mariah’s parents), Nancy’s sister Carol and her husband Vince, and Nancy’s parents.   We enjoyed an evening with our good friends Jean and Bob in Loveland. We celebrated Nancy’s parent’s 70 th wedding anniversary and her Mom’s 91 st and her Dad’s 90 th birthdays. Nancy’s family at her dad’s 90 th birthday party. We enjoyed seeing family and friends but now it is time to head back to Chama and get back to work.

We left Chama on July 1 st and drove to Lake City, Colorado.   We drove to Pagosa Springs and then over Wolf Creek Pass (10,850 ft).   At South Fork we turned north and followed the Silver Thread Scenic Byway over Spring Creek Pass (10,901 ft) and finally over Slumgullion Pass (11,361 ft) and into Lake City - it was a beautiful drive.    We are staying at Henson Creek RV Park and are very disappointed.   We knew it would be crowded by didn’t expect to camp next to the bathrooms/showers where we have no patio and cannot even put out our awnings as there must be a roadway between us and the restrooms for safety.   We are constantly concerned about vehicles coming around the corner of the 5 th wheel and running into our slide out. Our truck is parked on the other side of the 5 th wheel basically in the patio area of the next camper – his truck is parked on the other side of his camper in his neighbor’s patio area. When we booked this RV park in Februar...

After a fun evening out on New Year’s Eve, we spent a quiet day at home for New Years Day. One last outing with Rex’s mom was to Organ Stop Pizza where we enjoyed pizza and the wonderful music on their huge Wurlitzer organ.   Rex’s mom went back to cold, snowy Ohio on the 5 th - we enjoyed her visit and especially getting to spend Christmas with her.   In January Nancy started a stained glass class where she did an Arizona sunrise (or sunset) with stained glass on a sandstone slab.  It looks very nice sitting in front of the house.   Nancy also enjoyed learning to play pickle ball and continuing to play bocce ball when the weather is nice. We have season tickets to the Arizona Lecture Series again this year.   The lectures start in January and go for 3 months and cover topics like Ghost Towns of the Second World War, USS Arizona, Down the Colorado River, The Cadet Nurse...