sans kids - thanks jenny and neville

We took advantage of Jenny and Neville's kind offer to watch the boys for us twice while they were here this year. We went to the cabin for one night. It was wonderful to be able to sit on the front porch and sip a cup of coffee and watch fish jump without having to chase a child around. We even got to fish at the same time!

fishing in pajamas is the best

that's my fish. paul's was bigger

a nice catch (paul's fish and my husband)

Our second trip away was originally going to be four nights in Washington DC seeing the sights, visiting Kate and Karen, and enjoying a big city again. We were going to use Dad's companion passes and fly stand-by. This means that we can't make any solid plans because there might not be any seats available. Thanks to the typical overbooking and hail storms that caused numerous flight delays and cancellations, we didn't get to DC. We did, however, go to Glenwood Springs where we enjoyed my first 18 hole round of golf on a course aptly nicknamed 'The Hill,' cycled along the Colorado to where the path was underwater due to flooding, and soaked in the hot springs. We ate meals while they were hot without interruption, stayed up until very late watching junk on TV and slept in the next morning. It was great!

 teeing off on my first 18.  it went right, like a bowling ball, of course

yes, the pin is on top of that hill (mountain)

the colorado river

cheese

the sun set while we were here

 the colorado hotel, our second historical colorado hotel

we'd planned to have meals at several of the different restaurants in town but just couldn't find a reason to leave this lovely spot at the hotel and ate here often

again the hotel cafe

we even made the short hike to the cemetery where doc holiday is buried.  this is just a memorial up there, as they don't know where his body actually is.

Thank you again Jenny and Neville for watching the boys for us so that we could do this.  We are already making plans for your next visit.