We spent 2 nights in Seattle after returning from our wonderful cruise to Alaska. We caught up on our laundry, business and other daily tasks. Then we started our long drive back to Texas.
We had about 2 ½ weeks to get back to Stamford where Delton was looking forward to his September 24th high school reunion for the championship football teams 50th anniversary.
We drove for 5 straight days, driving about 250-300 miles each day. We when got to Loveland, Colorado, we decided to stay for a while. We were at the foot of the Rocky Mountains and knew this was a place to enjoy.
We stayed at the Riverside RV Park for 5 days and took day trips into the Rocky Mountains to do some hiking and biking.
We drove up above the tree line on the Trail Ridge Road on one adventure, which took us into some very cold snowy weather. I couldn’t believe it was September and it was snowing – hard. The road was narrow with big drop offs and no guard rails. We drove very slowly and the view was spectacular, but Joni couldn’t see much since she was driving and wouldn’t take her eyes off the road….. She only looked when we stopped!
Eli and Lisa Bernard, our education pastor and friend from First Baptist Church Trophy Club had just moved to Loveland, so we decided to stop on their doorstop and surprise them. We had a great visit and they invited us for diner the following night. It was fun catching up on the latest news from the last few years.
After leaving Loveland, we had a few extra days before the reunion, so we decided to visit our friends, Walt and Gayle Fenoglio in Glorieta, New Mexico. We spent one day picking raspberries with them, did some hiking in Glorieta and played cards with Gayle and Walt and some of the volunteers in Glorieta.
Delton’s friend and co-worker from IBM, Gary Miller, lives in Albuquerque, which is close to Glorieta, so we decided to see Gary and his wife Ellie. They live in an adobe house with a beautiful view of the mountains in their back yard. Delton enjoyed catching up on old times with Gary.
After spending 5 days in Glorieta we were ready to head back to Stamford for the reunion. We stopped off in Lubbock to visit Larry and Linda. While there we got our refrigerator fixed, the Jeep inspected and Delton got his address changed on his driver’s license.
