Missing Colorado!

I miss you, Colorado! I miss you Mountains I miss you skies I miss you cool evenings and sudden thunderstorms I miss you deer and people and .....everything about you!

A year or so later................................Ditto, Ditto, Ditto!!!!!!!

After spending Thurs. night at the Super 8 in Lamar, I left there about 9 am Fri. morning and headed for Dodge City. Kerry & Tracey both worked until noon, and we arrived at the La Quinta Inn in Dodge at about the same time - I stopped to eat lunch in one of the little towns along the way, and I had been there only about 10 minutes when they got there! Ate at a pretty good restaurant, gambled some, and had a very good (free) breakfast at the motel Sat. morning - got to Hutch around 1:00 pm, went to Carls for lunch, then back to my house to unload the car. Was really glad to have the help! Big job! John & Syd helped too. It's really good to get home to my own house, bed, yard, cat, etc.!!  Sunday I went to 11 Mass, and shopped awhile with Tracey at Target afterwards.

Monday and Tuesday, started serious packing to go home!!  Monday I went to Walsenburg to talk to George at Birco about storing my camper. He's such a rough looking old guy! And his place is dirty and jumbled and full of stuff! I really hate to have to go there. He really is nice to me, but certainly not a businessman!! When I asked if I could come by Thurs. on the way thru town to pay him, he was almost offended! He said " you can just send me a check". I said "Will you send me a bill so I know how much to pay you?", and he said "Naww", "You have the receipt from last year, don't your? Well, just make it the same amount"!!  He did promise to come and get the camper Thursday, although he wouldn't say what time. During the conversation, I mentioned that I may want to sell my camper, and he jumped right on that, and it ended up that he is going to put a for sale sign on it. When he asked how much I want, I said $14,000. He pretty much told me I won't get that much, and would probably end up selling it for less - Oh Well - it's worth a try! He also said he will do whatever I don't get done - like putting the sewer hose away, etc., so I guess I'll see what I get done, and then maybe call him and ask him to do the rest - or maybe call him tomorrow? Got the awning rolled up and the carpet dried out, folded and stored, and most of the stuff packed in the car.

Got a motel reservation made at Super 8 in Lamar for Thurs. night - one more night after tonight and I'll be on my way!! I'm so excited to be going home!!

After Walmart, I went to the "Wonderful House", picked up some chinese food to go, and took it to our favorite rest stop - 2 miles north of Trinidad - to eat at a picnic table.  It was such a nice day to be out, temperature probably in the low 70's!  Got home about 4, and took a nap.

To church in Walsenburg, then on to Trinidad to do a little shopping at Walmart.

I'm not keeping up with this blog very well! Today is Saturday. After some discussion, it was decided, I will leave here sometime (late morning or early afternoon) on Thursday, Aug. 15 and drive part way home - probably to Lamar. I will spend the night there and drive on to Dodge City where Kerry & Tracey will meet me.  I'm having a bad case of the "Wanta Go Home Blues"!! Don't know exactly why, but I just want to go home!  I called George at Birco today and he assured me that he is still in business and will come & get my camper whenever I want him to, so that's what I'm going to do - Go Home!! I have been doing some packing and getting ready to leave, but really having a hard time - trying to keep busy so time will go faster, but counting the days/hours till I can go. Really feeling lonesome these days, too.  :(

Email sent to K & T on Tues., Aug. 6 - "Hi to both of you! Right now I'm thinking I really want to go home the weekend of the 17th.  Don't know why I'm so ready to go home - maybe partly because of all the stuff going on with my house and I feel like I really should be there to see about things, and partly because I just want to be home in my house!  I called George at Birco today and he assured me that he is still in business and will come & get my camper whenever I want him to. So - you two talk it over and tell me if you want to meet in Dodge again, or what.  (If it doesn't work for you, I know I could make it by myself - if I can't get gone from here early enough to drive to Dodge - because of packing & preparing the camper to be left for good, I could spend the night in La Junta)  Maybe we can do something else Labor Day weekend. Unless my feelings change completely in the next couple of days, I will be ready to head home the 16th or 17th"

I drove to Taos today - to Walmart and the casino! :) Kinda tired tonight - think I'll go to bed!

Friday, Aug. 2 to Monday, Aug 5 - Didn't get things written down as they were happening, but had a great time with Kelly, Sydney and Sebastain.  Went fishing several times - to the two local lakes, Bear & Blue lakes, near Cuchara, and Lathrop State Park, near Walsenburg. Went to the Sand Dunes and Zapata Falls, got in a lot of visiting time with Kelly, and the kids seemed to have a good time. They all left Monday morning about 9:30, - I went to Walsenburg to meet Pat, Carl, Michelle and Lee for lunch around noon.  Had a great time visiting with them.

Thursday, Aug 1 - We walked downtown this afternoon to get ice cream. On the way back, two girls driving by in a pickup stopped to ask Syd where she got her "YeeYee" shirt - they said they say that all the time!! Made her day!! :)  I don't know why that msg didn't go thru??  Getting ready now to drive to Walsenburg to the store. Kelly & Sebastain will be here by 5 or 6 I think....................... They arrive about 5:30 and we went to Cuchara to the Dog Bar to eat. I had rented the little (16 ft) camper here in the camper for Kelly & S. to sleep in, so after some visiting time, they went there to sleep.