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Monday, October 23, 2006

This summer James and I took a little trip.

We went to Montana and Colorado to visit James' siblings there...In Laurel Montana, James has a sister Barb and her husband Cletus! Laurel is near Billings MT. It is really a cozy community with lots of cool things to see and do. We toured a new Bed and Breakfast that will be opening on this ranch...it was well designed with lots of pine wood and home made furniture including a very cool pool table...I guess they are pretty tricky to build do to the need for balance and such...anyway this ladies husband had built it and had succeeded in achieving that tricky balance ..we were borrowing Barb's car to drive back and forth from the hotel to their house (since we had flown up there by plane) and one night on the way home from their house I got a ticket...Rambo cop on a motorcycle pulled me over for going 35 in a 25..
I was just trying to get some air conditioning as it was about 100 degrees out and they don't have air conditioning in their homes or cars up there...while he was writing up our ticket...we hear this yell..and the cop is pulling out his radio(my dramatic husband thought he was pulling out his gun) while waving this other car off to the side so he could write him a ticket too....it was really pretty scarey....I did not love it..
We were there four days and off to Loveland Colorado where his brother Scott and his wife Jodi lives with their two kids and a dog...Loveland is not far from Fort Collins or Denver or from Estes Park...which is a little tourist town that sits at the base of the Rocky Mountains the town itself sits at 7500 feet or so...I rode through the Rocky Mountains with Jodi and Scott...we stopped at the peak which is 11,300 ft above sea level...I had to keep taking a deep breath as it felt as though I wasn't getting any air...very thin on Oxygen at that height...Very beautiful scenery there as well...allthough I have found that there is beauty where ever you go....you just have to look for it harder in some areas... :) We also took some pictures in this park in Loveland called the statue park...it is just full of really cool statues ...we tried to make the pictures interactive...I will include a few...if I can figure it out!

8 Comments:

  • At 6:21 PM, Blogger Andi said…

    Have you ever been to Telluride or Ouray in the San Juan Mtns--southwestern corner of CO--breathtaking! Hi, by the way, it was great to get your comments on my blog. I was hoping it was the Susie I thought it was when I clicked on your link. Yeah! Take care.

     
  • At 9:15 AM, Blogger jay are said…

    hey, sooze! you were right by Amy in Loveland. Didja shout out a "hey!" to her? You should've stopped in and seen the new babes. Sounds like you had a great trip. Makes me want to take another trip.

     
  • At 12:07 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said…

    Um yeah, like 15 minutes!!! I can't believe you didn't come by!! :) I forgive you though. Next time however.... 8000 lashes with wet noodles.

     
  • At 12:07 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said…

    Um yeah, like 15 minutes!!! I can't believe you didn't come by!! :) I forgive you though. Next time however.... 8000 lashes with wet noodles.

     
  • At 12:18 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said…

    oops, sorry.

     
  • At 10:19 PM, Blogger SoozeSchmooze said…

    Wow Amy...are you serious?? I thought you lived in Wyoming?? is it Colorado really?? Oh my what a loser I am...I would have totally came to see you...I would have loved that...Where do you live?? Fort Collins? this is gonna hurt when you tell me isn't it...dang..
    sooo sorry...

     
  • At 9:43 PM, Blogger jay are said…

    sooze, she lives in Fort Collins. Yeppers. Next time!

     
  • At 7:03 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said…

    Hey Suze! The picture thing... weird that the icon for uploading pictures is missing... If you want you can email me your sign-in and password and I can check it out for you. Would love to see pictures!

     

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