We left in snow on
Wednesday. Good time to go south, we
thought. At Pueblo, we had a few seconds
of sunshine. Then the big fat flakes started
falling and would continue to fall until sundown when we were somewhere south
of Las Vegas, NM. There was little snow
at Santa Fe where we spent the night, but it was eighteen degrees.
A late departure
from Santa Fe found us arriving in the Phoenix area at 10 p.m. where it was a
balmy sixty degrees. Goodbye overcoat
for the next five days.
We would visit
three museums including the children’s museum, watch two Rockies games (Cubs
and Reds), stand by as the kids took dips in the motel’s unheated swimming
pool, visit relatives of relatives, and spend a small fortune on supper (no need
to mention ball park fare). A small
highlight: in Scottsdale traffic we
followed a dump truck with a vanity license plate, “DRTDIVA”. We just had to get around it to see who was
driving. Sure enough, a female, and she
had other feminine decorations on the doors.
Sorry, we didn’t get a name. (You
are forgiven for maybe thinking that anyone so easily amused shouldn’t need to
take a trip to Arizona.)
Tuesday we
departed the desert. Time to dig out the
coats at Flagstaff. We aimed for
Montrose, but after a short visit with friends in Dolores, we wore out in
Telluride. Something went terribly wrong
with the Chrysler’s compass as we wandered around trying to find lodging. (It was slow going. My first thought—fix the dang streets. My second thought: no need to worry about anxious skiers
speeding—don’t fix the streets.) We had to
drive five blocks to get to the parking lot just on the other side of the
hotel. With the malfunctioning compass
(the sun rose in the west) we spent
thirty minutes finding the parking lot.
We spent
Wednesday night in Paonia with friends.
Thursday afternoon found us parked in the driveway in Loveland.
But don’t think
you can find us at home. Friday we took
off for the farm, ultimate destination Colby on Saturday where we will take in
the barbershop show and visit many a friend.
What $70
gets you in Santa Fe.
What $100
got us in Phoenix (model for illustration only-- not included in package deal)
Panning for
Gold
Oasis in the
hot desert sun
Vail Pass Summit
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