Got a lot of work done. I haven’t been this caught up in months. Some
fishing, a soak in the hot springs, some trail running/walking, a drive to
Grand Junction for business then back by the scenic route, highway 141
through rarely traveled, seldom seen far Western Colorado, a cross between
Colorado high country and Utah desert and canyons. It has been a good week.
I’m not ready to let it go, but it is time to move on. Cortez on the
horizon. A week there. I don’t think that’s going to be enough. Another
new job. Diane is on her way out from the Denver office to meet me there
and help me through it. We’ll see.
Ridgway
This motorhome is very slow to change temperatures. It takes a half hour to
heat up in the morning to 70 degrees from our sleeping temperature of 60.
It doesn’t cool off very fast at night either. We’ve still run the air
conditioner every night to get back down to sleeping temperature again, even
with the bedroom windows open. Tonight is the first night we’ve had the heater on in the evening.
Ridgway
A cloudy blustery day at seventy degrees, suddenly dropped into the forties
when the cold front hit and settled into a cool rainy evening.
Ridgway
Suddenly the birding got really productive. All the usual suspects, plus
evening grosbeak, we finally got the evening grosbeak, plumbeous vireo,
warbling vireo, ruby crowned kinglet, and townsend’s solitaire. Three of
these are new birds for us. A golden eagle cruised past with a rodent in
its talons and landed on a nest on the cliff across from us. Now we know
where to look to check if he’s there each day. The osprey continues to work
the stream with some success.
Ridgway
Current working conditions. A chance to catch-up the unfinished jobs. A
chance to look ahead.