9-11 thru 9-18-14 (As We Headed Back Home Slowly......)

We headed out from family on Thurs, 9-11 stopping by to see Laurie's new pups at their Highland Marina residence.  I love how the spotted blanket and spotted pups blend.  How cute is that!  It was great seeing family again.

We traveled across the famous Trail Ridge Rd. of the Rocky Mountain National Park.  It was a beautiful day, but there was rumor of foul weather in a couple of days.  Once the permanent snow flies, they shut her down.  There are few (if any) real guard rails on this road.  I don't consider a cement block something that would stop a vehicle pulling a trailer from going over the edge.  Hope this loads for you (video will show on PC but not cell): 

Our good friends Dave and Glenna Cook had been wanting us to see their new place in Windsor, CO - so this was the perfect opportunity to swing by.  We parked the trailer in front of their place for a few days and we wined and dined and had a great time. What a beautiful house.  Homer got to go fly with Dave and do the guy-type things.  Glenna and I went to see the Chihuly Glass Display (girl-type stuff) at the Denver Botanical Gardens.  Even though I saw his art at the Frederick Meijer Gardens before, this was all new (to me) and more beautiful than ever.  I love glass and like to collect old bottles.

On Sunday, 9-14, we were heading back home.   We traveled through Cawker City Kansas, with the world's largest ball of twine.  Yeowser!  Here's a link if you care: 
http://www.kansastravel.org/balloftwine.htm  Amazing what some people will do.  Notice the bench, like we're gonna sit and stare at the twine.    :-)

Again (as in years past) we stayed at a city campground in Canton, Missouri and got to watch the barges go by and through the locks on the Mississippi River.  Some were 5 barges long and 3 wide.  Quite something to watch.  Homer never tires of the boats, and then there's the Mark Twain Casino down the road to keep my attention.  I don't know why, but I had been more lucky this trip than ever, racking up some nice profits.  I won't brag, for we know the odds aren't in our favor - but I'll take what I can get when the going is good. 

This has been a trip I'll always remember.  There's many more memories and photos, but I don't want to bore you with it all, so we'll just carry them in our minds and hearts forever.

Then on Thurday, 9-18, we arrived home around 11:30 a.m. just 15 miles short of 5,000.  The house looked so clean and nice, and we had to go and muckie it up with unloading groceries, laundry, suitcases, etc.  It will be good to sleep in our own bed again tho!