Colorado, Part 2~This & That

One warm, sunny day, Joe, Linda, George and I drove the beautiful 30 miles into downtown Durango. Even though it's only a 30-mile ride, it takes about 45-50 minutes to meander your way through the delightfully curvy country roads to get there. 

After a nice lunch at 

Ken & Sue's Restaurant, 

we strolled around the downtown 

streets and explored the stores.

This pretty spot along the way looked 
like a good place to snap a few pics.

So we did.

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One Saturday, we were invited to a fish fry at Jan & Lawrence's RV which was just across the way from our RV. Lawrence, Jan and lots of the folks at the RV park go fishing on a regular basis and they all seem to easily catch fish!

Oh yum, that fried up rainbow trout 

was some mighty tasty fish, and so 

were the side dishes and desserts 

contributed by the attendees! 

It was all soooo good!

Thank you for inviting us!

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Both Sundays that we were in Colorado, 
Joe, Linda, Geo and I attended 
Vallecito Church 
along with Jan & Lawrence. 
We saw quite a few other couples 
from the RV park there as well. 

The church service was full of 
Texans just like the RV park.

It's a cool little, country church--
rustic on the outside, 
friendly on the inside.

We even sang some  
good, old-fashioned
HYMNS!

What a joy!

I discovered an interesting fact about the church while reading their website; the unique cross came out of Vallecito Lake. You can see the cross on the wall behind the podium in the above pic. It's also the "t" in the word "Vallecito" on the church bulletin below. 

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Joe, Linda, Geo and I drove around Vallecito Lake one afternoon. Since there wasn't any snow in the mountains last year to run off and fill the lake, it's way down. 

I mean waaaaay down. 

Down to nothing in most places.

The dam last year.

The dam this year.

Normally, the lake is pristine! 

On sunny days, the sky's glistening 

 reflection is a real attention getter as you

 can see from last year's picture below.

This year, however, most of the lake is down

to the bottom as you can see in the pic below!
The water should be up to the right, 
bottom corner of the pic at it's closest point. 

You can see the water way
off in the distance though.
It's an attention getter too
but not in a good way!

Let's hope and pray for 
snow in the mountains this year!

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Joe, Linda, Jan, Lawrence, George & I

played the game Sequence in 

Joe & Linda's screened-in tent one night.

Joe demonstrating his waiter skills!

Geo and I had never played Sequence before.
It's a fun game!

We played guys v. girls. 

The girls WON!

Perhaps there will be a rematch next year?
Or not.
But maybe.
Possibly.

I'm slow at getting the Colorado pics posted  
but I HOPE to pick up the pace now.

There's been a lot going on.

We just got back from stunning 
Lake Tahoe too but that's another post.
Or two.
Or three.

In the meantime, have a 
Smiling Good Day!
D~~~~