Off to Colorado

We were home for a week and then we were off again....this time to Colorado!

Goodbye again, home!

This year we have a student living with us so our house is well taken care of while we are gone!

When we left our home, it was 70 degrees.  We weren't but 15 miiles from home when we felt a gust of wind.  We had hit a front and mile by mile, the temperature continued to drop.

We were meeting Allen's sister in Salina as her son recently moved to Denver.  So she was going with us!  But where to park her car.  Wal-mart?  A truck stop?  Then we realized that friends lived on the way.  Not even too much out of the way.  We called and asked if we could park a car there.  And they were willing.  Unfortunately, Google Maps took us on a dirt road that happened to be pretty muddy, but Al, having grown up on mud roads easily made it.

 

 Such a beautiful home place!  It felt like it was out in the boonies, although it really wasn't.

    Such a sweet family!      They have a foster child they are caring for.  

When Julie arrived, we parked her car and got on the road. 

(notice:  for those of you who think Kansas is flat - it isn't.)

Something was wrong. When we got to 1-70, our car was jerking so badly!  Al realized that mud must have got in the tire rim.  He pulled over a couple of times to get the muck off, but it was so bad that he decided we would need to turn around.  We went back to Jason and Sarah's and transferred the luggage to Julie's car, parking our car.  

Jason said he would wash our tires while we were in Colorado.  We said we could do it when we returned, but he DID do it for us!!  He is just that kind of nice guy!

 We stopped in Colby for burgers.  Most people turn south there and go to the Oasis, but ever since we discovered this place, we stop there when we can!!  They are closed Saturday afternoon and Sundays though.

 The BEST burgers!  Fresh meat!  They are so big that Al and I split one.

We hit snow.  70's in the a.m. to snow in the afternoon!

 Denver.  Luckily it was busy on the road heading out of town, and not on our side.

 We dropped Julie off at her son's house and we drove to see Mindy and Jason.

 View of the mountains from Mindy's apartment.  This was where we would be going the next day!