Furry visitors

This little guy has been quite the campground nuisance. He likes garbage better than regular bear food and is seen quite often frequenting the dumpsters. Jim got this photo when he chased the bear away from the garbage and up into a tree.

Day trip to Leadville

We drove to Leadville one day to look around. This is Turquoise Lake. Leadville is often the coldest spot in Colorado but it is also one of the pretttiest!

Home

This is a photo of our summer "home" from the hill above us. Our motorhome is in the center in fromt of the buildings. We are enjoying our Workamping positions. Everyone has been really nice.

Springtime in Colorado

Well, this is Spring at 7300+ feet!! This is not all that unusual but we would have have rather been admiring tulips or something! Waaaa!

On the Road

Well, after a false start on Easter Sunday when we got stuck in the mud, we finally got on the road on April 18 th. We had some mechanical difficulties as we came into San Antonio. These were remedied by an all day visit to our friends at Cummins Southern Plains. The problems are all fixed but the trade off there was that Karen did not get to visit her favorite Mexican restaurant there-oh well. It is still there for another day.

We then ventured through the Hill Country where the spring wildflowers were in full bloom. It was really pretty. In addition, the ranches and farm had all their babies (calves,kids and foals) and that was neat to see.

The rest of the trip went pretty well. North of Amarillo we stopped in Stratford, Texas. This tiny town sits at the junction of Hwy 287 (our road) and Hwy 59 (the route of our friends Cliff & Karen). Since we had not seen them in a year, a little of advanced planning enabled us to meet for breakfast. We had a nice visit and a wonderful inexpensive breakfast. A great place to stop.

At a stop in Lamarr, Colorado we had a tornado warning but only saw dark skies with gusty winds and rain. It seems we managed to skirt the bad weather the whole way to our destination in Aurora, Colorado. That was the plan!!!

Spring update

Wow!! It is the end of March already. Our last post was in December. Boy did this winter fly by!! So what have we been up to????

We spent the winter in Donna, Texas smack dab in the middle of the Rio Grande Valley. Despite some crummy weather in January ( did'nt everyone have that??) and a wicked cold we both suffered through a good part of February, we had a great time here. It was our first time in this area and we really liked it. We met lots of new friends and kept busy with a variety of things like exploring the area, trying different places to eat and park activites.

Here it is time to pack up to head North. We sure will miss the warm weather and sunny times at the pool. We will come back here next fall.

Next weekend we will head out with a final destination of Fairplay, Colorado. A summer in the mountains at 9300 feet should be pretty cool...in fact some of these late Spring days may be VERY cool!! We will keep you posted on that.

So, we will keep this updated for the summer and hope you keep up with our travels. Next stop: Boerne, Texas for a couple of nights.

Catching up with us

We have neglected the blog for quite a while now--to our readers....so sorry!
We have not been up to much actually. After we left Livingston, we headed to the Hill Country and New Braunfels, TX. We visited the Wurstfest ("the 10 day celebration of the sausage") and enjoyed the food and music. Also spent some time with friends Jim and Margaret. It was good to see them.

Then it was on to Corpus Christi and the Gulf Coast. After a brief overnite (and another visit with Jim and Margaret) we headed south to Port Isabel. We spent a week there during which we ate lots of fresh shrimp.

Then it was on to Donna to spend Turkey Day with Bob and Ellie. It was a great day--good foods, lots of good people, great weather for a patio meal--lots to be thankful for.
We met lots of nice people in Donna and decided to go back there in mid-December for the remainder of the winter. We even got to visit with Rose and Herm (friends from Iowa who know from our winters in AZ). They are also wintering in TX this year.

At this time we are back in Port Isabel. We weathered the cold front that affected most of the country--in the morning it was 81 degrees and by noon it was 49 degrees! Of course, no snow and it will warm up again in a few days.