This will be a this and that post, catching you up on the last week and into the new week!
We headed out on Monday, July 22 to Darrel's brother Mike in Windsor, CO. We sang Happy Birthday to Aiden (3 phone calls full) and he was delighted to talk to Great Uncle Mike on his birthday!
On the way up to Windsor, we stopped at the Mattress Insider showroom to look at new mattresses, and I've blogged before, RV mattresses are much to be desired when you have a Tempurpedic mattress and are getting old and creaky. We purchased a new one to arrive by August 5th (possibly August 2nd) and then on through Denver traffic north to Windsor (between Greely and Fort Collins).
Had a nice visit, spent time just goofing off and shopping, the guys went to the gun range and Johnette and I took walks (when the afternoon showers didn't pop up) and caught us with cousins Dale and Bonnie who did the RV lifestyle, too.
We left on Friday, July 26 and received notice that the mattress was to be delivered on Friday, July 26 -- after losing an hour of my life I won't be back with FedEx, we got it re-routed to Monday, July 29 (today)!!
On the way home we sat on Hwy 285 north of Buena Vista at a car wreck (thankfully it didn't look too serious but some pretty good fender bender damage, one was towed). We arrived safely in South Fork around 4:00pm and brought the rain with us overnight.
Saturday sang Happy Birthday to my mom and caught up with her on happenings in Kansas. Sister Shari was hosting a party with sister Carol bringing meatballs. Sister Linda had visited earlier in the week so we all were up to date!
Sunday we spent catching up and getting the bedroom ready for the new mattress. We ordered a slightly smaller mattress and needed to cut the bed frame down to get ready for it. So I managed to squeeze in a walk this afternoon and snapped some pictures to liven up this post! Enjoy!
New Mattress, it comes squeezed up in a roll and then you release the compression, and stand back for the spring loaded mattress. We are letting it decompress to full size and then will try it out tonight!
Pintada Up
Pintada Down, you can see the Rio Grande at the top, inline with the road.
Pintada at the Top, looking to the southwest -- beautiful clouds today!
The Rio Grande has really dropped in level and speed -- it is almost calm today.
You can see the bridge reinforcement without water flowing all around in a rapid.
Looking out to the east, it seems very calm vs. the first week we arrived in June.
New walking shoes -- It was time to break out a new pair.
One last thing, I have to brag a little, I earned my 20,000 steps in 1 day and my Sahara badges for the distance of walking the Sahara desert mileage (2,983 miles) -- my FitBit and I are partners in keeping me exercising!
Better run, I've this & that'd you long enough. We are wrapping up July and hoping our cell reception and phone issues get better. This weekend is Rhythms on the Rio (music festival) so thinking it will be busy still.
Love to you all, sending blessing and good health,
Susan & Darrel
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