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Our "Kinda" Colorado Vacation

Welll this was the summer vacation that pretty much didn't happen....

yes...you can see pictures here that we REALLY were at the cabin and the ranch

in Colorado.  What you can't see.....is a clock....that we got there Thursday night at 7:00,

played in the creek, made beds and sat on the back porch...watching smoke from far away not too concerened about it.

Woke up the next day.....played in the creek, saw 4 deers off the back porch first thing in the morning

and went a little hike down the creek at the lower ponds.  Came home to a quick 

sandwich lunch....got a call that we needed to evacuate the ranch.

In less than 24 hours we were already packing up and leaving.  

Drove 3 1/2 hours to Gunnison, praying the whole way, that 

we would find a room....because of all fires down around South Fork and people there

having been evacuated earlier in the day.

Thank you Jesus, we found a hotel...with a pool.  We stayed at the Quality Inn and it was

nice...pool was FREEEZING!!

We did eat a great dinner at Ol' Miners Steakhouse in Gunnison...very good!!!

Drove home  all day Saturday.

If I never drive Monarch Pass again in my life that will be fine!!!!

It was scary!!  And then before we weven made it to the summit,

Hannalee had to stop on the side of the road to go potty....then JJ decided HE had to potty

at the same time....he about fell down the mountain....

it was a crazy not-so-much-vacation.

Next post about what we DID get to do, in Oklahoma, instead of be in our cool mountains.

My Daddy's Wheat Harvest

We about missed all of wheat harvest....luckily we were in town just in time to

spend MAYBE 30 minutes on the combine with Papa.

we were really bringing him over a Cherry Cream Pie 

for Father's Day and picking up a "Bountiful Basket" for a friend.

So.....JJ and Hannalee got to go a few rounds in the combine 

at the McCarty Farm.

I only wished I had my "real" camera with me....and I wish

I had a picture of the kids standing out in the wheat field.

Next year!  

Love you, Papa!!!

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