February 24, 2009

We just returned from Denver with another car and truck load of "stuff" from the townhouse. The drive back to the dome was a bit different. It took us 7.5 hours with lots of ice and snow, a car wreck ( not ours) and a snow storm happening when we got to Gunnison. It dumped 8 inches of wet, yucky snow on us last might.

Dr. Bill got an offer on the townhouse and he has accepted it. Now it is wait and see if all the dominoes of a sale fall into place.

Today we are both working on taxes. One of my favorite jobs and as you can see I am not working on it very hard. Enjoy these new pictures!

February 2009

It has been a fun and exciting February and we are only half way through the month. When I returned from my conference in Anchorage Dr. Bill took me to Ouray Hot Springs to soak off the cramped airline seat blues. It is a beautiful town. Sometimes called the American Switzerland. The Mountains are a beautiful deep red in color with dark green evergreen trees and some snow here and there. They are very steep and the valley where the community is is small and tucked right at the base of these gorgeous mountains. The hot springs are located right at the base of the mountain. It was very relaxing and the perfect place to unwind.

Last night we attended a concert at the Crested Butte Center for the Arts. The group that played are from Anchorage, Alaska. They are a group of five who play wonderful bluegrass and Appalachian style music. I am going to try to include a picture of them in this posting. It was a wonderful Valentines evening with dinner and a concert. I am spoiled. There picture will not upload. You can check them out at there web site if you want to just do a google search on Bearfoot, Alaska.

Next week we head for Denver for another moving trip. Then onto Farmington, Az. to visit a friend of Bills.

We have made our ferry reservations to return to Alaska. We leave Bellingham March 20th.

January Happenings

It has been a quiet January 2009. Bill and I have been sleeping a great deal trying to get over pneumonia. Emily is glad to join Bill on the couch and catch some ZZZZZ's while keeping Bill's feet warm. When I am awake I have been working on a new baby quilt. No, I do not know of anyone who is expecting, I am just planning ahead. This one has 12 squares that need to be crossed stitched. That is lots of little X's.

We did go into Denver for a week or so. We had dinner with friends, did some serious CostCo and thrift store shopping and cleaned out the crawl space under the Townhouse and the attic space above the garage. They were both adventures, we just got everything up from under the townhouse and pilled in the living room when they called and wanted to show the place in 45 minutes. We piled it all in the garage, truck and car, cleaned and were ready on time. The next day we cleaned the attic, of course they called and wanted to show again. This time we had 2 hours to clean. We are getting really good at gorilla cleaning. Need your house done in a hurry, call us, we have it down to a science. Bill even can get a fire started in the fire place and coffee made before the viewers arrive. Amazing.

I leave for Anchorage (if the volcano does not blow) on Wednesday for meeting Thursday and Friday for one of the grants I deal with for the school district.

The snow is deep (2-3 feet) and the sun is shinning. Emily are off for our daily walk in a few moments. Hope everyone is having a quiet winter!

Three of my Favorite Things!

The view out over the valley below the dome. A very big bath tub with jets and candle light. Learning how to grind my own flour and making bread and pizza from scratch!

OOPS, The trip back to Colorado

OOPS, For some reason this one did not post the first time around.

The trip back to Colorado was an adventure in itself. The roads in Oregon were not well plowed, one highway was closed and we had to detour through the outback of eastern Oregon. It was beautiful. Bill drove through the night and I drove again starting early in the morning. It snowed all the way through Idaho with snow and ice on the road and snow in our face it was interesting. Nevada was plowed and not as bad. Colorado greeted us with sunshine, snow and clear roads. We had to hike into the dome when we got here but the warm bed was worth the hike. Bill had to call into the big machinery to get the jeep up the driveway this morning.

It was a great road trip. Me meeting Bill's friends and family, Bill meeting part of my family. I saw parts of the US I have never seen. I was amazed at the amount of land in all the states we went through that no one can or does live in. Lots of open range areas where it must take a great deal of land to raise one cow or support one horse. It was a grand 2 weeks. Thanks again to everyone we stayed with and visited with.

Arrival at the dome

We arrived at the dome at 3 in the afternoon but did not get done hiking up to the dome until a hour or so later. It snowed while we were gone. Bill had to call in the BIG Machines to get the jeep up the hill.

Visit with Kassi

Bill and I spent a couple of days with Kassi. Her cousin Amanda had a baby girl the day after this picture was taken.