It’s Time to Catch Up!

It seems as though I might as well skip over Fall of 2017 and Winter 2017/2018, but that just doesn’t seem right that I would have no record of some pretty awesome events during that time.

We spent several weeks parked in the front yard of the cabin at TinCup, Colorado.  Dennis and his sister Jody spent just about every summer here when they were growing up back in the “old”days! 

With only power and water hook ups, we were able to maintain our tanks with only two 4 mile trips to the Forest Service Sanitary Station.  Having access to the cabin and the “privy” helped too!  Jody is always ready for company, so we didn't have to worry about what we would eat during our stay! She is famous for her "stockpiling" talents and there is never a shortage of snacks or any grocery item we might need! 

We spent many evenings out "hunting" for moose in the valleys just up the road.  But the views coming back into town weren't bad either.  We did manage to find several to photograph over the few weeks were there.  

We had several guests during this time too!  Daughter Brooke was excited to show her husband and boys the Colorado that she remembers from childhood vacations.  I think they really enjoyed their visit!  We all had a blast riding jeeps and ATV's on the trails.  It was great that our nephew and his bride were able to be there too!

Grandson Drake was able to celebrate his birthday with us before their long drive home. It was great to see them! 

 More guests arrived a few days later.  I think our Kansas friends, Greg and Sherri enjoyed the mountains about as much as the kids! Even though they don't live that far away, it was great to show Greg the true Colorado.  He had only been to ski areas and Denver and learned to appreciate the mountains of Gunnison County.  Just don't ask him to go back to Crested Butte!(private joke!)  We lucked out with a sunny day to capture their photo at Mirror Lake.  

 Every day we had a lot of visitors!  The hummingbirds must have been in full migration and extremely thirsty as they passed through the area.

Another couple of visitors, even if just for the day, were our high school friends Dick and Janice.  About 45 years ago, Dick spent the summer in Tincup working for Dennis and his Dad.  He and Janice and Dennis and I  were dating at the time so Janice and I rode the bus from Kansas to spend the week visiting our boyfriends.  Neither one had been back since, but Dick surprised his wife with a trip from Minnesota  to celebrate where he had proposed those many years ago!  

This was the summer of the red jeep!  An old friend was selling his 1971 CJ5 and we took him up on the offer.  We had a blast driving it around the old jeep trails, even though we weren't sure a couple of times if we would make it back to civilization!  We even changed our summer plans a little so we could tow it back to Indiana for some repairs and TLC.  Unfortunately, the repairs were going to be a little more than we anticipated so when an opportunity arrived to get our money back, we decided to sell it.  The gentleman we bought it from will probably be sad, but we know it found a good home with our former neighbor.  We'll always remember this as the summer of the Red Jeep!  

 Well, that just about wraps up our summer in Colorado.  After a quick stop back in Kansas, we headed back to Indiana to finish out the summer.  We arrived in time to help another grandson celebrate his birthday and then our littlest granddaughter's birthday as well.  A couple of weeks turned into six before we headed out again for more RV adventures.  Up next, Fall 2017!