The Divot Diva

Good EARLY morning from the Cuchara Inn, in Cuchara, Colorado.  I must say, it was a long time from when we first left the house until we reached our “first planned” stop.  OK, so I’ve already blogged about the RV mishap, I’ll pick up from The Hampton Inn in Wichita Falls, TX, where we spent our first night.  We swam, dipped in the hot tub, and ate dinner Thursday night at On The Border.  It was just one long night… I didn’t sleep well.  Gary arrived around 11 am, and we unloaded all of our clothes and put them in the Expedition.  It is just a wee bit disorganized, because we had no suit cases with us.  We used storage tubs that I keep in the under storage.  By the time we got all of that in, filled the ice chest with ice, the tank with gas, and ate, we hit the road maybe around 2pm. 

We made a few pit stops, and ate in Dalhart at a Steak House, which was fairly decent.  We were almost here, when we saw 2 baby black bears cross the road.  The speed limit is 45 thru that area (nothing but mountains and animals but very curvy) so us almost hitting them was never a chance.  It was so cool.  I’ve seen lots of deer, moose, etc., but never a baby bear up close.  We arrived and got checked in around 11:30 Dallas time.  They still don’t offer phones in the rooms, and no air conditioning, but it was around 65 degrees when we arrived.  We slept with the window open, and at least they have screens.  The blankets did come in handy. 

Again, I had trouble sleeping… don’t know what’s up with that.  So, I got up at 5am and took a shower.  I have no wi-fi yet, so I’m typing this into word, and I’ll upload this when we get some service.  Service is really poor here with AT&T.  You can have 4g service, and still not have internet on your cell phone.  Sprint or Verizon are better in Colorado.  If you’re in a metro area, it’s fine, but the state doesn’t want their vista’s cluttered with Cell Towers.   I did find that periodically I could receive something on my email, and my phone would beep, so I had passed a tower briefly, but never enough to do much.  I’ll try and catch up today.

We are planning on going hiking at Cordova Pass this morning after breakfast.  I just hope I can find my shoes.  Sandals just won’t cut it.  After that, we’ll come back here and eat at the Dog Inn, and then we’re headed for Gunnison.  Of course, that’s just the plan, who knows what will happen.  Later, and hopefully I’ll get some beautiful pictures to post.

Saturday evening,,,,

So much for plans.  We ended up looking for a place to stay her for 3 nights.  We rented a condo about 1 ½ mile from the Dog Bar & Grill.  It has 2 bedrooms….. I have one and Angie and the girls have the other.  We then spent the day in LaVeta shopping.  We only got enough supplies for 2 days.  We have two decks.  We ended up setting this place up, unloading the car, then we headed in to town to eat at Dog Bar & Grill.  After dinner, I went to the meat place, and they have 2 types of mean….. elk and bison….. nope, I wanted chicken.  He finally got in the “last resort sales” and sold me ground beef.  They sell more of it than anything, he just doesn’t advertise it.  While I was there, the girls all played miniature golf.  Then we came home.  They walked the trail head for 1.5 miles, and I worked on pictures and looking for a place in Gunnison.  I think I found a place…. But an evening storm passed thru and knocked out all power, so I have no wi-fi.  Guess I’ll quit for now…. I have to save my PC battery.

The electricity came on finally, and Angie rebooted the router here at the condo.  Weird to be able to blog, but we can't use our iphone for anything except internet.  Danged AT&T.  Morgan and Angie are in watching The Goonies, for the 10 time, Chloe is again reading, and I'm in my bedroom.  I am pooped.  I think I need a bit of time to adjust to the altitude. 

Here are a few pictures.

The evening rain storm;

 

Us in Cuchara

 

At the condo -

Morgan is whittling something 

 

 

 

We are definitely going hiking tomorrow.  We are risking our lives..... they are having lots of bear activity.  They had a bear roaming the halls of the Cuchara Inn earlier in the week.  They now keep all doors closed at night.  They actually used to keep the back doors proped open with rocks.  It's a small town.  The girls now have bear bells.  You wrap them on your ankles, and you jingle as you walk.  Ohhhhhhhh the excitement.  Later....