Just a little late but we have a white Holiday

 

The sun makes its way over the trees

Hooked up the block heater

My neighbors are not as cluttered as my patio

I have everything covered for the winter

We had a snowfall last night. Not really wanting a storm but just having a little at the time is beautiful. The mountains to our south are covered pretty good but the mountains to our north are not. We have learned that being on the edge of the high alpine valley you don't get that much snow. We do get our share of cold weather but for the most part it stays dry here most of the year.

We had planned on seeing some property today but with the snow we decided to hold off until the roads clear up. We are still waiting on our place at the lake to sell before we get too involved in looking at a place here.

I noticed this morning on the news that Wolf Creek Ski resort was closed due to the extreme snowfall! It is hard for me to believe that a ski resort would close due to too much snow. Actually the highway to the resort is what is closed. At least it is closed until the snow plows can get the roads cleared.

We have not purchased our snow skis. And that wont happen...I would like to go watch Kris ski and enjoy the warm lodge. His friends here ski and snowboard. My knees will not allow me to indulge in such. We do plan on visiting Wolf Creek...

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A day late but what the heck

Yes here it is the day after Christmas and the snow came. Not a lot of it but enough to make you feel good.

Really if you want to know we don't need snow here when you can drive up the road about a mile or so and you can be in 2 foot of snow. Why make a mess here when you can enjoy the winter white stuff elsewhere and come home to dry roads.

I hope all of you had a very Merry Christmas. I know we did and Sherri celebrated her birthday with the family up here. She got all the phone calls from the other half in Texas and Kansas...which by the way made her day.

We plan on doing some exploring while Frank is here. He spends so much time on the road in his truck and not much time with all of us. I guess that is the nature of the beast. We like when he is here to go and do some things with the family. I will report on what we dream up...

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Merry Christmas to all of you

 

You know that with the weather outside being frightful we have to stay indoors to keep from getting frostbite. So guess what I got for Christmas. I got puzzles! I am a puzzle junkie. Aside from the Train Game I can while away the hours putting my puzzles together.

Really the weather has not been all that bad. We have real cold nights with days in the 50's. That is 50's in the sunshine. I still can work out in my little shop and putter around in the side yard to keep things looking nice. 

Deer are still coming up around the RV during the afternoon hours and that is enjoyable to watch. 

I hope that all of you out there had a wonderful Christmas. We are still hurting from the loss of Janet. This was our first Christmas without her. I know she is in the arms of Jesus and is in our hearts here on earth. I know we'll be together again...

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We had a visitor

 How cool is this? We love our deer. They are coming closer in as the weather gets colder 

We are doing well in the climate here. It is colder than what we are use to. It is warm inside and that is what counts. We are still expecting snow…

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Had to make a run to South Fork RV Center

 

Yes our door latch broke. When it is below zero and your kids slam the door...metal being more brittle in the cold has a tendency to break. Can't tell the kids that but it is true. Last year in Texas during the sub zero temps we had the lock brake and I had to replace it. Explained to everyone what and why it happened but....to no avail. 

Yes South Fork had a little more snow than we had which is OK by me but it was pretty. They are expecting another round by 4:00 pm. We are suppose to get snow around 10:00 pm tonight? We will see. I like the snow but not in my yard. Seeing it on the tops of the mountains is fine with me.

Getting ready for Christmas and Sherri's Birthday. Tree is up decorations are out and the snow is on the way. What more could a guy ask for...

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Washer and Dryer are in

We got us a cabinet for pots and pans. Wheels will come off to lower

Temps today...was 17 below yesterday

Christmas Tree next to our fireplace...keeps us warm

Wow loving the new washer and dryer

Well winter is here for sure! We are loving it here. We have been staying warm even with the temps in the minuses. The weather here is cold but binging such low humidity you don't notice the cold as much as you do in Texas. We open our blinds in the morning when the sun comes up and just the sunshine warms the living room up in the 70's. We don't use the electric heat or the gas heat as long as the sun is shining. That is a good thing especially with the price of propane. Lets go Brandon.

We have a load of cardboard from the new cabinet and the washer and dryer. After we eat lunch we have to make a run to the dumpster. I have plenty around here to keep me busy. The trees have finished dropping their leaves so along with the cardboard I have to get outside and load it all up.

Now that the temps have warmed up I need to get outside and wrap our water pedestal. It is OK as long as the temps are above 0. When they go in the negative number the water can freeze. It has not frozen in the RV but it has in the pedestal. It does get very cold here. Night before last it was -17. Water did freeze but we had water in our fresh water tank and we could bathe and flush the toilet.

We had a friend of ours here in the park come down and along with Kris and a friend of his we hoisted the washer up inside. The dryer was no problem. It weighed much less than the dryer and we got it in much easier. Sherri is excited because she does not have to take the dirty clothes to the laundry to wash them. She gave them their trial run yesterday and they worked well. Clean clothes are good to have and if Momma is happy everyone is happy. 

It is lunch time so I must go for now. We have some errands to run and things to get done...

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Of all days our washer and dryer arrived today

 

Well the snow made it this morning

We have been hoping it would hold off until we got the washer installed

No they chose today to drop it off...Oh Well

Well as our luck would have it we got our washer and dryer on the worst day you could imagine. I refuse to uncrate it in the snow so I will hope that it will let up here in a few hours.

I have some help getting it in here as soon as the weather lets me. I will post again when we start installing it...

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Fun Friday

 

No that is not Santa with Sherri!

Sherri and Kris did a great job on the tree

If he gets any taller we will have to find a bigger home

Sherri doing her magic

Kris took some of the credit

Fireworks from "D" mountain

Rode around and saw some of the decorations

Really had some good looking lights

We had a fun day...decorating the tree...riding around looking at the lights...and topped it off with fireworks at 7:00. The City put on a great show from "D" mountain just on the edge of town. The streets were all decorated and many of the homes in town were lite up with beautiful decorations. We on the other hand have not decorated outside as of yet...but you never know we might get a wild hair and do a little lighting ourselves. 

This will be our first Christmas in Colorado. Hoping for snow to make it feel more like the season. The weather has been so great that we are wondering if it will ever snow here? I know we will be longing for the spring when winter really gets here. We have had single digit nights but the day temps have been in the mid 60's. We have stayed comfortable here in the RV and when the sun comes up and we open the shades it gets down right hot!

Jennifer and Frank are on the road for now but we look for them to return home for Christmas. We have been looking after Franki while they are gone. She is not a problem and pretty much takes care of herself. Kris and Franki climbed up "D" mountain this morning and called us to come outside to see if we could see them. Sure nuff there they were way up there on the top waving at us. So much more for the kids to do here than in Texas. They too long for the snow so they can take the sled ride down one of the hills here in town...

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We do get out every once in a while

 

We had lunch at the boat dock in Salida

Took a drive up into the mountains to see the snow

Yes we get out and about to see the sights here in our new state. We have been real lucky that the weather here has been nice with no snow or rain. The sun shines most of the time and we can open our shades and enjoy the warmth it provides. It was 18 yesterday and with the shades up the inside temp got to 71 inside.

I am not at all unhappy with our comfort level here so far. I do know that December...January and February will be much colder. With our propane heat we will be able to keep up. We have not had to use our propane heat so far to assist in heating the house. The electric heat has been sufficient in keeping us warm. 

Today our washer and dryer will be delivered. I know Sherri is excited about that. She does not like the laundry mat. I will have to travel to Monte Vista to get a dryer hose but everything else should come with the unit.

Can't believe Christmas is just around the corner so I will have to get busy shopping...

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Love Facetime

Just can't beat Facetime

Ready for the new washer and dryer

 

Got my Doctors appointment 

Been a long time since I had a doctor appointment with the V A. Having transferred from Texas to Colorado I had to make out all new paperwork to get an appointment here. I finally got it all turned in. In talking with the doctor here I found out that I qualified for Community Care. So I can see a doctor here in Del Norte. This means I don't have to travel to Alamosa. The Rio Grande Hospital Clinic is just across the street from where I live. WOW...that sure makes it nice for me.

We got the old washer out and Sherri cleaned out the closet. It had collected a lot of dust and dirt over the years. She made it look like new. Now all I have to do is figure out a way to get the new unit in there!

 Like I said it sure is nice to have Facetime. They had been staying up here for a while but had to return to Texas. It is like having them here when you can visit like this. Aint technology great!

Looking forward to Thanksgiving here...

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Started the day at the Dentist

We had visitors when we got home

Very tame and very beautiful

 

We love our guest. They are so healthy and are not shy at all. This is the time of year they come around and visit with us. They have told us not to feed them. We just watch them graze around the house and take hundreds of pictures. I am sure we will tire of that...

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Nice views from our living room

 Weather is getting a little chilly but at least we have some pleasing views. As the months go on we know that we will be home bound some so we can enjoy the mountains and river to include the wildlife which abounds here in the park.

The kids are looking forward to the first snowfall. They have all kinds of plans on snowmen...snowball wars and other outdoor adventures. On the other hand Sherri and I are looking forward to sunny days and enjoying the outdoors at a little warmer temps. 

We have two months here that are cold and forbidding but they will go by quickly and then we can return to more enjoyable climate for a much longer time. Two months is not that bad considering we have all the other months at moderate temps.

We are about to order our new washer and dryer. We are waiting for some information on the product before we pull the trigger. Until then the laundry will be done here in the park. Life is good here and we look forward to more adventures...

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Laundry Matt here we come

We are having a time finding 
a unit that will fit our RV. 

Thanks to the Biden administration we can’t find any units available until the POTUS guy goes to the retirement village. I think he is past ready for that…as Kamala LOL  

OK no politics for now! 

We are enjoying the weather here. It has been in the 60’s and 70’s for the past week or two. Only had snow once here and it was only an inch if that. I know it won’t be long and the snow will come…

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Washer bites the dust

 

Well all good things must come to an end. Our washer that we have now had 6 years finally gave up and cratered. It has been a good one I have to say but then after 6 years of washing our duds it just could not go anymore. We are having to lay it to rest in the county dump.

Sherri is now shopping hard and heavy to replace it...but not to worry we are using the camps laundry to clean our clothes for now. I am contracting the work of taking the clothes up there and staying with them until they are done. I will take the computer with me and from there I will be posting. I assured her that I could do this and return them to her for inspection. I use to do all the laundry when she was on the road. I also took care of the kitchen and other household duties. Time will tell if I can keep the contract and do it to her specification.

Also finally got the approval from the VA on Community Care. The doctor in Alamosa said that I was far enough away from the clinic there to have Community Care in Del Norte. This will save me from having to travel 45 miles to the clinic there. I will have my own doctor here at the Rio Grande Hospital Clinic just across the highway from our park. Sure will be nice to be that close to my doctor.

Well today I have to disconnect the old washer and move it out to the truck. The landfill is not open until Monday. I will post the results of that move...

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Life is Good

 

Sherri enjoying the view from one of the pavillions on the river

The Rio is getting lower as winter moves in

The leaves are falling from the trees and the ground is turning gold

The wind is calm for now and the sun is warming up

I think Sherri is enjoying her great grandson

Jennifer kinda likes here new grandson and Sahra likes him too

Cooler weather is moving in slowly. Day by day we experience temps going down at night. Day time temps are holding on to the 50's and if your in the sun you'll find it much warmer than that.

With our underpinning and the electric heat inside to include our heated holding tanks we have held mid 60's temps inside. This is without using our propane heat believe it or not! We have had lows at night in the teens and know that we will start having temps in the single digits soon. The only thing I dread is when we have singles at night and we don't get above freezing during the day. We will start the cabin fever sindrom when that happens. We had trouble with that last winter when we lost our electric...water...and the batteries went dead and we could not run our propane heat! We had below 0 temps and wind chill that froze our cabin water pipes which in turn burst so that left us without water even when the weather warmed up.

Sherri and I figured if we could make it through those circumstances we could make it in cold weather having heat water and furnace. Not having stayed in Colorado during a winter we both were questioning if we could make it. We did ask the people that stay here in the park year around and they have assured us that we can make it.

Every day our surrounding gets more and more beautiful. Leaves are falling and snow is starting to accumulate on the mountains. I have started to drive up in the mountains where I can get pictures for future paintings. I am working on putting together my studio in our new trailer. It is not near the room I had in Texas but I plan on doing most of my paintings during the warm days of summer. Then I will set up outside so having a indoor studio won't be that important.

We are enjoying our new great grandchild who is visiting us for a couple of weeks. Dakota Scott Patterson is his name and what a great grandchild he is! Our daughter Jennifer lives next door to us and Dakota and mom Sarah are staying with her. Our SIL is on the road so Jennifer is happy having them there with her. We all enjoy each others company and look forward to many years here in Colorado. 

OK nuff said for this post. Sherri and I plan on many adventures here and we hope that you will come along with us as we explore the beauty of Colorado...

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