What a great day! I tried sleeping on the couch last night as our mattress is too soft. We agreed we’re going to have to get a different one. The couch is firmer but a bit narrow and short, but I did sleep better. We were not in any hurry today and being Sunday I had to make Bill’s favorite breakfast. We didn’t manage to leave the RV until about 11:30 by the time we showered and I did another load of wash. We went to the train station first and booked our trip on the Durango & Silverton Railroad for Tuesday. We have to be there at 7:30 and the train leaves at 8:15. It’s expensive and we only booked the coach class. We’ve never been on this one although we have been on several other western narrow gauge trains.
Then we just strolled up and back down the main drag of the old downtown, which is typical of tourist towns. Lots of shops and eateries. Several shops were going out of business and almost all had end of season sales, so it was a good time to knock off some of our Christmas shopping. Bill was getting hungry at one point so we stopped in a café and he had a sandwich and tea and I had a pumpkin spice latte. We sat and read the Sunday paper and just chilled a while. The sun was out most of the day and we wore shorts and it was so nice out. Any where from the down town you can look up and see mountains. The weather in winter is pretty ugly but you always have the best views. Some of the shops have the most gorgeous leather coats and purses and shoes and belts. You can smell the leather the instant you walk in the door. The one we liked best didn’t have any sales going! Plus most of the clothing is not what we’d get much use of in Florida. The last stop before heading to the truck was a used book store. Bill found some possibles but wants to go back with his list before we leave. We both enjoyed talking to the lady there. She used to live in St. Augustine. Another clerk today used to live in Gainesville.
We took our purchases home, walked Xena, Bill did his dishes and I did another load of wash and then we headed out again. Penney’s had a BIG sale this weekend and I had a 20% more off coupon and once we got there we learned if I used my Penney’s charge I could get 15% more off, so we really did well. I got several things for Shiloh for Christmas, Bill got new sneakers, I got a top and he got a baby gift for a friend. The Penney’s was maybe 1/3 the size of ours and the whole mall was pretty small. We had dinner at Serious Texas BBQ which was written up as one of the top BBQ places in the west. It was good! We got a sampler and one extra side dish and each got to have sausage, turkey, pork and brisket. Yum! Last stop was the ever present WAL-MART. It was just down the road and I had a short list I didn’t get to finish yesterday. Bill also needed a get well card for a friend and we needed cat food. Actually that was the main reason we went, oh, and of course, bananas. That is a staple in the Chambers house.
I did one more load of wash and we watched TV. Now will go out and bring in the wash and read for a bit.
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