Before we left the house on Saturday morning, Seamus hit the alcohol (again!). Guess he really didn’t want to be left alone with Penny. Evan rode in the 111K Laramie Enduro on Saturday. Here he is helped by his Pit Crew. There were 5 aid stations and we were at each one with water, gatorade, …
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Road Trip – Day 10, Friday, July 25
We went to Cheyenne for Frontier Days. Since we had missed a lot of the “outside” stuff last year we decided to go check it out this year. We walked through Wild Horse Gulch where there was a chuckwagon cook off and the Indian Village where we saw some Native Americans dancing. But before that, …
Road Trip – Day 9, Thursday, July 24
Tommy and Evan started putting insulation into the attic at about 6:30 a.m. They wanted to get it done before it got too warm. It took them about 2 hours to finish. I sure wish I’d gotten a picture of the 2 of them when they got down out of the attic. The Whittens arrived …
Road Trip – Day 8, Wednesday, July 23
We drove to Cheyenne to buy some insulation for Amanda’s and Evan’s attic. When we drove by the air force base, Amanda saw a sign stating that the Thunderbirds were going to be flying over Cheyenne for Frontier Days. We were able to see them–although not very well–from the Lowe’s parking lot. And, no I …
Road Trip – Day 7, Part 2, Tuesday, July 22
Amanda made it to the top of Medicine Beau Peak……. and so did Seamus! On our way back into Laramie that afternoon, we were greeted by these skies. It’s a bit hard to see from this picture, but there is a second (or as someone told me, a “ghost”) rainbow above the more visible one. …
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Road Trip – Day 7, Tuesday, July 22
Just in case they had not had enough exercise after their bike ride, Amanda, Evan and Tommy decided to hike to the top of Medicine Beau Peak. The started at Sugarloaf and climbed to the top which is at 12,000 feet. And while they were hiking, I went looking for wildflowers.
Road Trip – Day 6, Part 2, Monday, July 21
When I was 10 or 11 (really don’t remember) my dad and I went to Steamboat Springs. Being the “city” girl that I was, evidently I didn’t have the appropriate clothes for spending time on a ranch. So Dad and Aunt Ellie took me into town to buy me some jeans at the western store, …
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Road Trip – Day 6, Monday, July 21
Tommy and I got up Monday morning and headed over to the old Mesa Schoolhouse. This school was built in 1916. Uncle Don attended school there in the 1930-1940 time frame. As I was walking around the school, this little guy came up to see what I was doing. Tommy said that cows are as …
Road Trip – Day 5, Sunday, July 20
Steamboat Springs here we come! Evan started out on his bike about 5:45 a.m. He was going to meet us in Walden. The rest of us got a later start. We were packing Amanda and Evan’s car and Tommy realized that one of the tires was low so we switched over to the truck. Because …
Road Trip – Day 4, Saturday, July 19
Tommy, along with Amanda and Evan, finally got to ride the Rails to Trails on Saturday. Tommy and Evan rode the complete 20 miles. Amanda stopped at the halfway point so she could spend some time with me. This was along the road to pick the guys up. Lake Owen was the stopping place. These …