It is Saturday night and we are feeling like stuffed, satisfied little piglets…
We started the day having to drive from Ridgway to Arboles, NM to Tom & Betsy’s house. We finally got there, but it was after crossing 3 major passes—over 10,000 feet. Stacy wanted to drive and I think she later regretted that, but we made it to Durango without any major incidents. The drive was spectacular scenery.
In Durango we stopped for our last supply stop at Wally world and then, lo and behold, there was a casino in the town 20 miles before their house. The truck seems incapable of passing them by…Of course Stacy came out $70 ahead and I-- 18 cents ahead—quite a success all the way around. And then we got to their house.
We have been welcomed with open arms and after the afternoon of telling the story of our trip—they hadn’t read the blog although now want to—and then cocktails & appetizers—I made dinner. We had brought steaks which I made w/sherry mushrooms, my famous Baked Potato casserole, and Yuliya made a strawberry lettuce salad, plus some good bread--we all ate ourselves into oblivion. All the time planning some great rides ahead. It doesn’t get much better.
They live in the high desert mountains and are right next to the Ute Indian Reservation—not allowed to ride at but they are rule breakers—we just can’t wear tye dye and will need to be discreet—a novel idea…plus they are next to a Navajo Lake state park that also has a river through it. We actually might move the trailer down there for a night since it’s so pretty. The bad news is because it is a desert area, they have limited well water so we are using our trailer tank for showers and will have to dump regularly. But the state park is close and has all the dumping necessities.
Tomorrow we go up and pick up theirs, plus an extra horse so we have 3 horses available. It works out well for Stacy, Betsy, and I—Tom and Yuliya will probably just do a few rides. She also has a few other trailheads that we can camp at so we will probably all go camping but right now we are just in the planning stage. It’s been nice though and we are looking forward to the week here. I’m sure it will fly by.
Guess it’s shower time…always a good way to start the day.
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