HOME!

We arrived home today around 4:30 this afternoon after being on the road for 21 days in a 25 foot RV.  It is just big enough that we don’t go insane in it   I think this is mainly because we are outside so much, hiking and looking at everything.

I am waiting for Mike to have time to go through all of his photos as we did not have internet for the 4 days that we were in Mesa Verde National Park.  He has not had time to go through them as we spent the last 3 days traveling home.  We did have internet for 2 nights on the way home but he did not have time to get to those photos.  I will post photos of the cliff dwellings when he gets to them ready.

For now though I do have some photos ready from my small camera of scenery on the way to Mesa Verde after we left Ouray, Colorado.  I will post more photos tomorrow of our drive through New Mexico on the way home.

First off though as a quilter and I told you all I would be piecing a simple quilt this camping trip I wanted to show you what I accomplished:

I got the 35 blocks finished. Three of the rows are sewed together with the white sashing. As you can see I have 4 rows left to sash and then join all of the rows with the white sashing as well. It is finished off with a border of the black with white dots fabric. I hand pieced this while we were traveling and in the campgrounds. I am taking it with me to continue working on when I go visit my daughter in Wisconsin next week.

This is on the western side of the San Juan Mountains in Colorado on our way to Mesa Verde after we left the high mountain country in Ouray, Colorado.

Pine forests in the same area as the previous photo

Another photo of the same area on our way to Mesa Verde in the southwest corner of the state. In this photo though it takes us from the pine forest to aspen trees and other hardwood trees. I love the reddish color rocks and soil in these areas, it adds such contrast to the photos.

This was our campsite in Mesa Verde National Park. I'm sure Mike has some better photos that show more of the scenery as he can get those panorama shots that my camera won't do. I'll post more when he gets them ready.

Deer at the campsite in the mornings

and more of the deer - they were every where in the campground, morning, noon, and night - they didn't go away they were all over the campground we lost track of how many we saw!

this plant is called Rabbits Brush, you see it everywhere in southwest Colorado and New Mexico as well. It can be a very brilliant yellow to a bit faded. It is similiar to sage brush.

I will try to post more photos tomorrow.  I am off on Tuesday to fly to Wisconsin to visit with my daughter for a day before she flies to New York City to join her husband on a business trip.  I will take care of the grandchildren for a couple days and then visit more with her and my son-in-law when they get back and then fly home.  I will be gone a week but should be able to get on here while I am gone.  I will bring my computer and hopefully it will work off of her wireless – but you all know by now that I don’t always have luck with my computer when traveling!!