On the road again, making our dreams come true !

Well we get up on Friday to find snow, not 10 inches but a good covering. Actually it’s quite beautiful looking out over the snow covered mountains the first thing in the morning. We hang around the campground then head into Randy and April’s house in the afternoon. The weather forecast is now calling for anywhere from 10-20 inches of snow between Friday morning and Saturday night.

Connor and Dylan came home early from school due to the snow so we got to visit with them in the afternoon before Randy got home. We have supper then we all agree that maybe Cindy and I should spend the night with them due to the snow coming in. We head back to the camper, pack up some items and return to Randy’s house to spend the night. It worked out well because we get to stay up late and visit (some of them stay up late).

Saturday we wake up to find around 10 inches of “wet snow” has fallen and it’s still coming down pretty heavy. April tells us this is the first “wet snow” they have had. She said it’s normally so dry you just sweep it away, so I explain to her that we thought they might like an “Indiana snow” so we brought it with us. Went to eat at the Texas Roadhouse, then back to the house to spend another night.

Sunday morning we wake to find more snow, by the time it was all over they had received somewhere around 13-15 inches, (what’s the difference in an inch or two when it’s that much). Sunday afternoon it started warming up and by the end of the day it was around the 60’s. We learned that the snow doesn’t last long around here; it melts off very quickly when the temps start to climb. Randy drove us down town to his office and gave us a tour of where he works. We found out if you choose 17th avenue on a GPS that it will not take you to 17th street. After driving around downtown Denver I now know why Randy rides the train and is able to get off a block away from his office. Randy and April took us out to eat at a Mexican restaurant and the only problem we had was we ate toooooo much. Later that evening we went to Maggie Moo’s to eat ice cream, like we needed it. The boys came back to the campground and spent Sunday night with us.

Monday we went walking around the campground and just hanging out with the boys. The temp climbed into the 70’s and it was a very beautiful day to have with the boys. We took the boys back home and played some games. I learned that I cannot bowl on a Wii. Randy invited us to come eat lunch with him on Tuesday. We decided that we would spend the money for the train (versus driving in the mess) and ride it to within a block of his office. He emailed me the train route so we are planning on going downtown Tuesday mid-morning and walking around a while, then joining him for lunch. After all the eating the past few days, we thought a few hours walking around downtown would not hurt us.

We found our way to the train station, bought our ticket and headed downtown to meet up with Randy for lunch. The ride was interesting, or at least the people on it, and only took us about 25 minutes to reach downtown. We got to spend lunch with Randy at a corner street vendor eating “Southwest Buffalo Brats”, actually a very interesting brat. We then walked down 16th street mall, a street lined with every kind of store you would want to visit. Randy showed us the Union Station where he catches the train to return home. After a while of walking around downtown he had to go back to work so Cindy and I continued sightseeing some more. We then boarded the train back to the station and headed back to the campground. Randy and family are coming out tonight to eat hot dogs over the campfire and to say our goodbyes. We ate the dogs, smores and had a good time visiting. You would think that after all the goodbyes and see ya laters it would get easier, well guess what, it doesn’t. We said our good byes and this time instead of us driving off and shedding tears, we got to stand and watch them drive off. Yea you guessed it, the tears still came, only thing is I didn’t have to worry about filling my eyes with them and not being able to drive. We sure do love all of our family and miss being able to see them all the time, but the flip side is we sure are proud and happy that all of them are doing well in life. Tomorrow its pack em up time and head north to Wyoming. Destination: unknown!