Off to Ponderosa

On Monday May 23 we left for the Ponderosa Retreat and Conference Center in Monument, CO for the summer.  We were glad that our granddaughter Tiffany (age 11 and daughter of Bobby and Amy) was able to come with us for the first 2 weeks.  After spending the first night in Cortez, CO (about half way) we took 4 days to go the rest of the way.

Tiff with a friendly bear

Looking for the queen bee

We spent the next 2 nights in Bayfield, CO which is just east of Durango.  While there we visited Honeyville.





Nancy is the handyman member in the family.  Here she is in the closet of the motor home replacing a storage rack.  To think that she was able to do that so soon after knee replacement surgery was thrilling.



From Bayfield we went to La Veta, CO for one night.  On the left is a view of Wolf Creek Pass as we left Pagosa Springs and on the right we stopped to have lunch at the summit.  I actually got Tiffany and Nancy to get out the motor home long enough to take a picture.

In La Veta Tiffany and Russ just had to have an ice cream at Charlie's soda fountain.  We also took time that evening to look for wildlife.  The town has a herd that just moves around town.  That night we saw 123 deer and 10 antelope. 

On Friday we made it to the Ponderosa, our home for the summer.  Below Tiffany helps to clean one of the soda machines and folds clothes in the laundry.  But, it wasn't all work.  There was some play.

Jakes descendant walks at 14 days!

Unbelievable, if true.  Well it's's not exactly true but what IS true is that Bella takes after Padaddy (Russ) as she eats often and sleeps a lot.  Here's a few updated pictures.

We will be leaving soon for the summer and fully expect her to be starting school by the time we return in September!