Our Computer Crashes As We Head East

SORRY GUYS!

Our computer crashed and Delton has been in the process of "Re-BUILDING" it. What a job! Before it crashed I downloaded all our pictures that were taken during the end of July and beginning of August. Then I deleted those pictures off of my camera!

Consequently, we lost those pictures. That was a time period of about 3 weeks. Luckily Delton had backed up everything before that!

We lost:
Larry and Kathy Lehrmann's visit to us in Fun Valley.
Our visit to Dana and Karen Lemmermans in Salida, CO
Our visit to Denver to see Joni's son Ken

Our time with Larry and Kathy was great! We kayaked down the Rio Grand and had a ball. Larry hiked on the mountains around Fun Valley. And danced in the Square Dance Hall. They stayed with us in our motor home... close quarters...., but we bonded! Kathy and Larry: please send us any pictures that you took.

Then we left Fun Valley and traveled about 100 miles to visit Dana and Karen Lemmerman in Salida, CO. We hiked and biked. Again our pictures were lost. Dana and Karen: Please send us any pictures you took.

Then we traveled on to Denver, another short drive, to see Joni's son Ken. He just bought a new house in the city. We helped him with decorative ideas and went patio shopping with him. He had a neat roof patio on top of his 4 story house. Lots of steps. We also biked and enjoyed our time with him.

Then we headed east, planning on being at Joni's nephew's wedding in New Hampshire on August 20. As we drove through North Platte, Nebraska, our motor home died! Our alternator went out. After a 3 night wait and $1200 poorer, we were finally on our way.

Our next stop was in the Cleveland area, where we visited Emory and Jean Smith, friends from Florida. We stayed with them for 1 night. They had just sold their house and were in the process of moving to Florida permanently. No more snow birding for them.

From this point on, we have pictures and can start our regular posting again. If any of our friends have some pictures they can send us that were taken during this time, please do. We'd love to post them.

Ron and Trude to Colorado

Delton's brother Ron, and his wife Trude, took a trip up to Colorado with some of their friends.

We all got together quite a few times.

We went kayaking down the Rio Grand. The river was very low so we had to dodge many rocks and boulders. We even got hung up on the rocks in some of the very low spots. But, fun was had by all.

We have been hosting weekly karaoke sessions in Fun Valley and Ron's group joined us for one. See Ron, Trude, Mike and Donna singing - "I Got You Babe"! What fun!

More friends of theirs, Dennis and Becky Birdsong came down from Colorado Springs to join us. We kept staring at each other and knew we had met before. Finally after 1 day we remembered. We had met at an RV park in Austin about 10 years ago. What small world.

Ron and Trude's friends, Shirley and Kermit, own a cabin close to Fun Valley. That's where they were staying. What a beautiful place - up on a mountain.

They had the logs brought in from Canada. The house was first built in Canada, then the logs were numbered, the house was taken down and brought to Colorado. Then it was rebuilt by the number system. As you can see, it is one fine cabin!

The bed was made from logs that were on the 8 acres that Shirley and Kermit own. Pretty nice!

Delton's 50th Class Reunion

July 4th weekend, we took a trip back to Texas from Colorado to attend Delton's 50th High School Reunion - Stamford High School!

Many attended and Delton had a ball. Joni even had a great time. Delton has some great "old" friends.

Delton grew up in Stamford, Texas, a small town in west Texas. It was a class of 76 and most knew each other. Delton enjoyed seeing people he hadn't seen in 50 years, recognizing some and having trouble recognizing others.

Football was a major part of Delton's high school years. Stamford won 4 state championships out of the 5 years he attended junior high through high school. Coach Anderson was at the reunion and was presented a ball from winning the state championship game during Delton's senior year.

Speeches were made at the luncheon and Delton was one of the presenters.
We sat at the dias table, joining Delton's old girlfriend Martha and her husband Shelby. Martha told Joni some old secrets about Delton. It was so sweet!

Fun was had by all.