Dinner here with Kent and Ruth

 

 

…and their daughter Sophie came later too.

 

Judy cooked up some tacos and enchiladas.

 

Johnny and I joined the Army in 1964.  While we were on different duty assignments, Johnny and Kent became friends.  Johnny introduced Kent to Judy and me in 1968, and the four of us have been friends ever since.  For a little while we were all in Southern California at the same time, but we went our separate ways.  Later, we all ended up in Boulder, Colorado, and got lots of time together, before we all went our separate ways again.  The friendship never gets less important though.  We have shared our lives.

 

A catch-up day

 

Watched Formula 1 racing.  Did chores around the house.  Laundry.  Then got a visit with nephew Jon!

 

Always good to catch-up with him.  We missed Amy this trip.  Rain check.

 

In need of an invention

 

The tools for cleaning the bugs off the bus windshield.  A brush on a stick.

 

 

A squeegee on a stick.

 

 

For most of the windshield, this process works just fine.  But around the edges, the windshield is round and the squeegee is flat.

 

There’s the problem.  We can’t really clean the water off the round-glass edges of the windshield and it dries spotted and messy.

 

The solution so far has been to put a microfiber cloth on the scrubber/squeegee and finish drying the glass with that.

 

Finishing the windshield that way works, but it’s so improvised.  It doesn’t seem like every motorhomer with a big windshield should be left to invent their own solutions.  This seems to be a situation crying out for a new standard tool!

 

Wednesday

 

Looking around the park.

 

 

 

 

Changed sites.  (Last minute reservations when we found we were getting here early.  We could only get one night at each site.)

 

This one doesn’t suck either.

 

White pelicans in the pond.

 

 

And a car charger right in the State Park.

That’s pretty cool.  Forward thinking.  And it’s free!

 

Happy Birthday, Jesse!

 

Number two.

 

Tuesday

 

St Vrain State Park.

 

 

Charming, as always.

 

2021 Fall Trip Map

 

 

Straight to Becky and Brian’s for our first visit.

 

 

There were lots of other kids (and Becky) there, but we got lost in the moment and forgot to take any more people pictures.

 

Gotta love that deck and yard though.

 

And Puff.

Yay Puff!