Made it to Kremmling

August 14 - We were up early and managed to be on the road by the agreed time of 8. I packed lunch for us and extra drinks for while we are gone. It looks like we’re moving with all the bags but at least it all fit in the truck. After they guy lied about the ownership of the phone, Bill didn’t want to leave anything outside that might be stolen, so our RV is now packed with 2 bicycles, a grill, bike rack, satellite dish stand, 2 man kayak, 2 paddles, a weed whacker and our good folding chairs. Better to do that than come back to some or all of it gone!

On the way through Pagosa Springs we got to see 2 air balloons going up. Bill stopped and let me get a couple of photos. Our first break stop was in South Fork. Then we missed our turn to the right as we were looking at all the shops on the left and we ended up crossing Monarch Pass and we stopped for lunch at a convenience store and found we were on the wrong road. Oops! So we went back up over the pass (Bill was not a happy driver) and got back on the right road. We made our afternoon break stop in Silverthorne and we also fueled up the truck.

Then we got into Kremmling where we met Darlene at the thrift store where she volunteers. Once she closed up shop we followed her home. Xena was so excited to get out and start sniffing for all the wildlife that abounds there. I unpacked the truck with Darlene’s help and Bill took Xena for a long walk. Xena and Molly are right at home since they were here 2 years ago.

I put 4 steaks in the cooler to grill for dinner but in 9 hours they were still frozen, so we went into town and had Mexican instead. Dinner was good and we all enjoyed it. I got emails from Karen that David had 4 bypasses and was in surgery for 8 hours. Things didn’t go exactly as planned due to the size of his veins but as far as I know it’s done. He was in ICU so maybe tomorrow I can talk to her and see what his prognosis is. Carole called this morning and Herb was upset and confused early this morning but was better when he woke up after she got there. We didn’t get to call her again tonight.

We watched some TV and Darlene and I visited another couple of hours. I just needed to get today typed up before I forgot it and now it’s time for bed.