After a quick blast of cold weather (it’s 27 degrees outside right now at 6am) , it looks like Fall is here. We might try to grab my Mom and run up to the mountains this weekend to see the colors changing on the trees. It’s a right of passage here in Colorado when the leaves turn yellow, red and golden before the snow comes. The average date of the first freeze here is October 17th so we’re two weeks ahead of schedule. This seems right in line with the Framers Almanac that says we’re in for a cold snowy winter. Lucky we’re not in Wyoming or the Dakotas as they were hammered with a foot to a foot and a half of the white stuff. I talked with friends in Walden yesterday who were working on the fence and they were snowed in, unable to get on the road to Pagosa Springs which is way down south. Not to worry, winter will be here soon.
They finished up installing the new water main yesterday, at least on our street, and our water is now back on. At first it was brown as it came out of the faucets but seems ok now. We filter all our drinking water through our Big Berkey anyhow to remove all the stuff the water company doesn’t tell you about. All they need to do now is put some new asphalt over the rectangular holes that are filled with dirt on the street. The boys are bummed the large dirt piles up and down the street are gone as they all played every day on them.
The boys had a good week at school. Ty spent the night at Ben’s and Jag and I are headed to Cabela’s this morning and then to the sustainable living show at the National Western Complex. Not sure if Mom’s tagging along or not. Cabela’s is like going to an amusement park as it’s a virtual candy store for young and old alike, if you like the outdoors. We almost went camping this weekend at Steamboat Lake but decided to get the house all fixed up after the construction we had over the past few weeks. We were all excited (except maybe Lori) to go as we knew it was going to snow! I think we’re going in two weeks as next weekend is a Bronco home game so we’ll be here.
Speaking of the bathroom, you should see it, it looks great! Our friend Rik was down from Vail as his wife Debra had her neck fused in surgery Tuesday afternoon, so he was over hanging out with us. Little did he know he’d end up making a few trips to Home Depot with the misses and then helping her put the finishing touches on the job. She has a little more to do, like caulking, but she’s almost done. Rik, who is a contractor in Vail, said she did a really good job and he would have charged $12,000 to do it! It looks really nice. Maybe she’ll post pictures.
Time to hit the gym, hope everyone is well, take care and have a good weekend. I’ll spare everyone from writing about, as Aunt Ali puts it, “the crappy government” but have to say, get ready, harder times are a coming.
God Bless.