Steamboat Springs

Well, despite the CONTINUED crappy weather on the weekends around here, we decided to leave to go camping anyway. We were sick of postponing our trips! So we took off for Steamboat Springs. It rained on us the whole way. It rained ALL NIGHT. We arrived at dusk on Friday night, had dinner and just chilled out in the camper. It was freezing outside, pouring rain and quite miserable. Inside, it was downright cozy. We all slept great, listening to the river and the rain.

Sloaney and Lina cuddling on the bed.

Just before we got up, it started to snow.

The Yampah River from our campsite.

It proceeded to DUMP heavy, wet snow for about four hours. We didn't care, we set off for Old Town Hot Springs. It was wonderful! I don't have pictures because it was too wet to bring out my camera! By the time we were thoroughly cooked, the weather was starting to change. We walked around downtown, had a nice lunch at "Winona's"; I recommend it highly. We headed back to our campsite with some chocolates from "Fizzywigs." Also recommened highly.

Dad and Lina playing "Go Fish" with Nemo Cards.

Cushions look nice, don't they?

Betty looks good. Nice spot on the river, no?

We walked around on the other side of the river and found some lava rocks. Lina found a crystal and was so happy. We had a great dinner of leftover sushi (me), hot dog sandwich; which is what you make when you don't have hot dog buns, (Lina) and chili and fritos (John).

We all had a good night's sleep and woke up, made breakfast, packed up the campsite and took off for different hot springs. Strawberry Park Hot Springs are about 5 miles out of Steamboat. Wow. What a cool place!

Strawberry Park Hot Springs.

That's the river on the left. The pools are on the right. It was so nice on Sunday, that I got my first mild sunburn of the season. Felt GREAT! We stayed for about 2 1/2 hours and then packed up, stopped for a quick bite and took off for home. The drive home was sunny and beautiful; about 65 degrees out. Go figure!

New cushions

Okay, I know that's a small picture of the cushions, but I took it with my phone. Don't they look great? They turned out EXACTLY like my drawing! I'm so pleased. My friend Liz did a great job. She's a master with many needles; sewing and acupuncture. She had herself a little vacay to a tropical paradise, but was able to finish two of the four cushions before she left. So nice!

Okay. Another tiny photo...but can you see the new wooden screen door that John custom made? It is beautiful and functional and so cool. Very trick. He's got a great talent. I love that man. I'll get a better shot of it soon.

We have tried to go camping two weekends in a row. It has snowed (epic snow) on both weekends, so we bagged the planned trips.

See? E-P-I-C. That's the cool snowboarder word.

We are all itching to get on the road and take Betty for an adventure. This upcoming weekend is out as I will be spending time with the kids from CHLA, becoming a Fairy Godmother and treating my mom and MIL to something special. BUT, we're thinking the following weekend...maybe we can get it together and get on the road!

I hear it calling my name.