St vrain

We’ve left Taos. We’re back in Colorado.

Drove north, up our newest favorite highway, Colorado 159, through the oldest town in Colorado, San Luis, Established in 1851. Right turn at Fort Garland on Highway 160, over La Veta Pass, past Lathrop State Park, planning our lives as we go. On the freeway at Walsenburg, and a straight shot north through Pueblo, Colorado Springs, Castle Rock, skirting Denver on the 470 toll road, and back to St Vrain State Park, our address for the next week. A week ago, it was “move out of the house week”. All last week while we were gone was for work crews. The hardwood floors got repaired and refinished. Some cracks in walls and foundations got repaired and repainted, but not before we had an engineer come in to make sure there were no structural issues. The basement got scraped, patched, and painted. The trash got hauled. The spruce tree got spruced up. The wasps got wiped out. The fence got moved 18”.

This next week is vehicle repair and maintenance week, but not until Tuesday. Today was shed day. Several years ago we rented a shed to hold all the stuff we didn’t want to throw away, but didn’t have room at the house to store. No junk. Nothing to throw away, but a lot of stuff to get rid of. Lots of extra RV stuff from the various RVs we’ve had over the years. Bicycle racks that still work, but didn’t stand the test of time for us. Same with traveling barbecue grills. A Satellite dish setup. Two windsurfers with all the sails and gear to go with them. Two float tubes and flippers. Perfectly good neoprene waders (we both have gore-tex waders now). Stuff we like, but don’t have room for on the road. The shed is empty. It’s all gone. All gone except for the bicycles and boats (and the racks to carry them). Two mountain bikes and two 14’ flat-water kayaks. We can carry the boats and bicycles on the Jeep all at once, but that makes it a little hard to get other stuff in and out of the Jeep. We probably want to relocate them to Texas, but don’t want to carry them around on the car for months in the meantime. As soon as we figure out the boats and bicycle logic, we can get rid of the storage shed.

The Broncos won their game. CU (my alma mater) beat CSU (in overtime). I got my birding binoculars back (freshly tuned up by Wild Birds Unlimited). Hugs from friends and family.

We enjoy the occasional Colorado sunset.