God's beauty is everywhere

As I mentioned in the last post Sherri Kris and I were headed to the high ground to see the fall colors. Believe me we were not disapointed.

This is our first time seeing the Fall foilage in Colorado. WOW!... is all we could say the whole time we were driving around. We took more pictures yesterday than all the days we have been up here. These pictures do not do it justice. 

I think today we are going up to Creede to do some panning. I just feel like it is my time to hit the mother load...

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Headed into the mountains

Sherri Kris and I are headed into the mountains today to get some pictures of the Aspens. They are slowly starting to change colors and we want to catch this change on "Camera"...You know we use to say "Film" but that is no longer the case with most folks. What is the correct saying now? 
Oh well we are off and next post I will have some nice photos of what we saw...

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Home School is going great!

Sherri and I have decided to split up the subjects. Sherri was always the good one at spelling and Language Arts. She is also taking the History and Geography class. 
I am teaching Math and Science. We have one hour in each class and then after two classes we have lunch and then two of the last classes after lunch.
So far Kris is doing so well that Sherri and I are astonished! We are using Life-Pac Home School coriculum. They are broke down into 10 sections. Each sections has 15 school days in it give or take a few. By completing 4 pages a day we can go through the sections in about 4 weeks at 4 school days a week. The school days last from 8:00 to 1:30....so we have from 1:30 until 6:00 to do other things that interest us.
So far Kris is averaging A's and B's in all his courses. Teaching one on one has proven to be the one thing Kris needs to make good grades and to have a good understanding of what he is learning.
We are very proud of Kris and really we are kind of proud of ourselves. Things are going so good and we are having a good time both us and Kris. 
It is nice that we are able to teach Kris and see him absorb all we teach and yet have time to go and see all the things that are around us. 
Well it is just about time for Science class so I best get all my lesson together here...

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I have cruise control again

Well as I had told you about 3 weeks ago I took my truck in to have a computer glitch taken care of. The computer said that I needed to see the dealership about my DEF system. Come to find out that was a snafu in the computer. 
So they fixed that and as a result they messed up my cruise control. Everything is computerized now days so if the computer messes up you can have real problems.
After we go the truck fixed we went shopping at JC Penny's down town and bought some shoes for Kris and I. Sherri looked at some things but did not find anything that she could live without.
From there it was time to eat and we found the Pizza Hut just down the street. We pulled in there and had a delicious lunch buffet. The prices were not too bad to my surprise. When you can eat out under $20.00 you are doing real  good.
We had some other shopping to do so from there we went to the Dollar Tree and got some of our supplies there. Walmart was next on the list of places to go and $$$$ were spent there as usual. 
After some time spent wondering around in the Mart we got all our stuff and headed over to the fuel station. We paid $2.22 for diesel which I was delighted about.
We have another week here and then we start heading south for the winter. Not sure the route we will take but it will definitely be south.
One of the stops we will be taking is at Lake Waco where we will visit with our granddaughter for a while. I intend to do some fishing there too so it will be another adventure...

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Days are getting cooler every day

We get up every morning fix coffee then set around the fireplace and look out the window at the mountains. As my friend Ed always says...Life is Good! 
It has rained for the last two days so we have spent a lot of time inside reading news off of Facebook and Yahoo news. We have no TV at all so we depend on the Internet to supply us with news and movies. 
It is raining this morning so once again we will stay inside until the rain lets up. They say that it should around 9:00 am. If that is the case then we will take our walk down the street. It is a mile and a half down and back. This takes some of the soreness out of our bodies when we have had to set inside all day long.
Not much else to report this morning. The sun is just now coming up over the mountains and we can feel the warmth on the window glass. It will be another great day in our lives. 
Tomorrow is a school day so these two teachers must go and prepare our lessons. Kris is doing real well with us as his teachers. He is a good student and sucks up all this learning like a sponge. He took his first week test in Math=95...Language Arts=100...Science=100 and Geography/History=100. Way to go Kris! 
Well I am out of here and getting ready for my next adventure...

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Waiting on parts for the truck

Please excuse the quality of these photos. It is not easy photographing a painting without proper lighting 

We had to take the truck in last week to get some updates on the computer. We found out while we were there that we had a recall that needed to be done so we had that done. They had to order some parts to complete the up dates and they said it would take a week to 10 days to get them in. Oh well we were going to be here until the end of September so no biggy.
Chuck and Kathy posted a comment on my journal letting me know that they would be in Colorado and that they would like to meet up with us. As soon as I get my parts and have them installed I hope to be able to find and meet up with them. It has been several years since Sherri and I have seen them.
We got out too late this year and w.e have had trouble finding places that have room at the inn for us. Most all of the places we usually stay at are booked until October so we are just going to set here until it cools off in Texas. We really hope that we get to see the Aspens change color in September...

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