October 17----Lady Cat

Well, i guess most of you know by now that Lady, my white Himalyan Perisaon cat had disappeared after we moved. Well, tonight, after a busy day moving boxes out of the storage unit to the garage, Lady came home. He had been gone for 7 weeks. He is very skinny, but at least found home again. I don't have any idea where he has been, but I don;t think some one had him because he is too skinny. I feel like he tried to find his way home on Salem Road, but after a lot of roaming he found his way back here. I am so glad to see him. I called Kristi and Bobby and was crying like a baby, but at least my baby was back. He needs a lot of nourishment and hopefully he will be okay.

We finally got a storage building on our property and now the final part of the move will be done. The boxes we moved today, I am going through and putting what I can in the house and the rest will go in the storage building and I will leave one corner for Bobby to have for his tools and whatever he needs to have room for him a work area. I will be glad when all the stuff is moved out of the storage unit we have been renting and is HOME with us.

Oct. 11-Oct. 15

Well, we made it out of Laughlin, Nv, after taking a cruise on the Colorado River. It was really a nice cruise. We left Laughlin on Sunday morning and drive over to Phoenix and stayed in the Ak-Chin Hotel, which is a property of Harrah's. I didnt' win anything but enjoyed staying there. On monday, we left and drove throught he Sanguara Natl. Park and looked at the cactus. I love cactus and really enjoyed driving through the park. We drove on over to Tucson and on up through New Mexico on an off road and ended up staying at another casino, Inn of the Mountain Gods and it is really a nice place. We have decided that when we need a retreat we are reatreating to this place. It has a lake, golf course, walking trails and just about anything you want. It is in the mountains, outside Alamogorda, and it is very quite and peaceful. The next morning we got up and it was raining, the first day we had rain on our entire trip. It rained on us all day, until we reached Shamrock, Texas, where we stayed for the night. It continued to rain and we got up the next morning with more rain and it rained on us off and on until we reached home that afternoon and then the big storm came through here and it rained all night. It was good to be home and we really ahd a nice trip. Hope I haven't bored everyone with my blog.

Update on Journey Oct. 4-10

We visited in Salt Lake over the weekend and stayed in the condo that Bill and Elke have downtown, across from the condo, is the Gateway, a large open air mall, which is very nice. We walked through in the rain, but enjoyed it very much. We left SLC on Sunday morning and went over to Wendover, NV and stayed a night at the Peppermill Casino and played the slots and rode up the street to the Rainbow Casino in a shuttle. It was a different town to be in, but nice. We left on Monday morning, when we left Wendover, we went down the back roads, staying off the freeways, looked at the scenery and ended up in Mesquite NV for the night. The next day. which was Tuesday, we headed on down to Las Vegas and checked in at Harrah's for three nights. We roamed the streets the first day and rode the shuttle across town to the Rio, and then came back and walked a little more. On Thursday, we got in our car and rode around town and out of town and looked around. We always enjoy looking around in Las Vegas to see how it has grown and is still growing, but according to the news report, may quit growing due to the economy. Gasoline was $2.99 in some places in Las Vegas when we left town on Friday morning. Before leaving town on Friday, we went to the Stratosphere Casino and went up in the tower and looked at the town from high up. It is always interesting to go up in the tower. After leaving town, we went out to Hoover Dam and looked at it along with the other hundreds of people who were out there for the same reason as us, to see the sights. We were surprised to see all the people this time of the year. It is Friday night and we are now in Laughlin, NV for a couple of nights. It is always nice to stay in Laughlin on the Colorado River. When we leave Laughlin, we will be heading for Phoenix for a night and then from there who knows, but will probably be home by Wednesday.

Day 3 and 4

On day 3, we left Cripple Creek and drove up to Pikes Peak. Again, the aspens on the way up the mountain, were beautiful. Once we reached the top, the sky was a beautiful blue and clear. That was the first time we had been on Pikes Peak when the weather was at it's best. After leaving,Pikes Peak, we stopped in Englewood, Co., and had a nice visit with Donna and Jim(Pat's parents). We stayed there about 3 hours, which is norm for us, when it comes to visiting. We are not like our parents who would stay for hours and days and then leave. After leaving, Englewood, we went to BlackHawk, CO., and spent the night at Isle of Capri. We walked around and played slots for a while and while visiting the Rivieria Casino, I won $250, which was a great surprise to me. It was on a quarter machine. After a good nights rest, we got up this morning and drove further into town and walked the streets for a little while and left heading towards Estes Park, hoping to see elk in town by McDonalds, like we have seen before, but guess what, an Elk Fest was going on in town and no elk were to be found. We later left town and drove through Rocky Mountain Natl. Park. We saw some elk when we entered the park and then no more until we left. They we having a controlled burn in the park, which was a first for us, so that was rather interesting. We saw more beautiful aspens, a few snow flakes, rain and a little snow on top of the mountains. We then drove to Steamboat Springs for the night. Tomorrow we are going on to Salt Lake City for a visit with Billy and family for the weekend.