Almost the 4th

Couple of days have gone by since I’ve had time to blog.  If I think hard enough I would be able to tell you where we were and what we did but its 8 in the morning.  Too early for heavy thinking.

We did meet up with cousin Ken & Kate on Monday.  That was a real treat.  Our visit began in the tire place while waiting for our one tire to be fixed – the one tire turned in to 4 new tires.  Oh well,  hopefully no more tire problems.  We also enjoyed a nice Mexican dinner while catching up with the relatives/friends.

We traveled on Monday and Tuesday – mostly like all the other days we’ve been out here.  We did cross the highest peak on route yesterday 11,+.  All went well.  The guys did 98 miles yesterday except Jerry who did 101 because he took a little side trip to a town of Guffy thinking that I might not have gotten his voice mail and ended up there.  Actually, I also did the little side trip just to check out a B+B.  What a town.  So many places out here were apparently large prosperous towns during the gold rush days but are now hanging on to populations of about 50 or so.  Guffy looked like a town out of a 50s western movie.  Not much action there now.  I would have taken some pictures but being the only car in town I felt like I was being watched.  The B&B had a no trespassing sign up so I didn’t stop there or anywhere.

Found a nice campsite last night.  Not sure what the name of the town is but it west of Canyon City.  The site is on a hills nestled among pinon trees and 2 types of cactus, site was all gravel.  We also had a humdinger of a storm last afternoon – lightening, thunder, rain – a lot of all three.

The men took off before 6 as usual this morning.  We really do not have a clear idea of just where we’ll be camping tonight.  I’m one who likes to know what is happening and when so this is a stretch for me (as if the whole trip hasn’t been).  We will be leaving the mountains, which is probably good.  The high altitude affects my attitude – not always for the better.  Also, I’ve had headaches for quite a while a few days now.  On to Kansas!  (oh, boy!...)

On to Pueblo and beyond today.  They tell me that is the halfway point.  Been on the road for 4 days short of a month and target for the Atlantic is one month from now.  Things Seem to be going well.

Woke up last night and thought I was in my bed at home.  It took a few seconds for reality to hit but at least it was a good night sleep.

Time to get on with the day.  Hope all is well where you are.