Shopping

My two granddaughters are learning how to shop. Daisy is learning how to push a cart and June is learning how to ride and eat cookies at the same time! They still need to learn how to pick up a tomato in a supermarket, squeeze it ten different ways, then ask the produce man, "How much do you want for this rotten tomato?"

The other thing they still have to learn is the cost of everything. Food is so expensive these days. I tried to explain that coffee is worth more a pound than I am! Unfortunately, they believed me!

Shoeing at Guanella Pass

Nancy and I went snow shoeing with Chris and Jim at Guanella Pass on Saturday. It was a little windy out in the open areas, but in the shelter of the trees, it was wonderful. Plus the temperatures were in the low 40"s at 11,669 feet!!

We've done quite a bit of hiking and biking over the years with Chris and Jim and consider them such wonderful friends. After the hike, we drove into Bailey and had a nice lunch at Rustic Station.

The trail follows Geneva Creek down from the pass. Then the creek makes it's way down the mountain into Grant and flows into the North Fork of the South Platte. We thought we'd pose for a photo but tried to stay away from the creek's edge. You can't tell where the creek ends and the snow starts. In many places, the creek runs completely under the snow and you can't even see the creek. Walk over that and you'd have a shocking surprise!

The wooded areas were best because we felt sheltered from the wind. You know it's windy when the chill factor exceeds the speed limit! In fact, it's still windy today. I drove by the zoo and saw a zebra gluing on his stripes!

Maybe we'll go back here this summer. I saw a few nice fishing spots and of course Nancy can't be resisted by any fish! She catches all of them. Although, good fishing for me is a matter of timing. You have to get there yesterday.

X-Country

Nancy and I went cross country skiing this morning. We drove up to the Audubon Center and skied around some of the lakes and then over to the S. Platte River.

The weather was beautiful, maybe 45 degrees, so the snow was melting quickly. Earlier this week we had a couple days of below zero weather. I think the high for those days was something like eight degrees and at night it would drop to -13. Brrrr.

There is something to be said for living in Colorado. We drove at most, about 5 minutes to this area and we were out in the wilderness within minutes. Guess what we're doing next weekend!