7/8/18 - Wichita Falls, TX
We left home and picked up the Casita. A storm was coming in just as we left at
12:30. We drove to Wichita Falls, Tx,
and got an RV site at Wichita Bend RV Park, a city park by the Wichita
River. There is a really nice walking
trail and nature center here. I walked
across a neat board plank suspension footbridge. It was bouncy and it had a little swing to it. Then we went to Wichita Falls Brewing. The owner/brewer talked to us after noticing
Jim’s t-shirt from Bluebonnet Beer Company in Round Rock. His brewery had been open only three months
and all of his beers were very good.
Then we went back to the Casita and had supper and went to bed. At 1:30 a.m. our security system monitor
called us. Our house alarm was going
off. They sent the police to check the
house and we also called our local neighborhood security service to check. The monitor also called our friends Kim and
Steve and woke them up. Jim looked at
our security cameras in the house and there was no activity in the house. It turned out that one sensor fell off.
7/9/18 - Clayton, NM
After coffee this morning, Jim went to see the
suspension footbridge over the river. Today we drove to Clayton, New
Mexico. We got a dry camping site at
Clayton Lake State Park. The
temperature was 88 today and it really cooled off and by bedtime it was 63
degrees. We slept really well. The view from our site on the cliff was
nice. Some dinosaur tracks were
uncovered in the process of building the dam for the lake. Jim and I took a walk to see them. Jim and I sat outside and watched the sunset
and played UNO dice. Swallows have
taken up residence under the picnic shelter.
We watched them for a while. Kim
and Steve went to check on our house today and found the sensor that fell
off. They will return tomorrow and fix
it for us.
7/10/18 - Colorado Springs, CO
This morning we hooked up and left New Mexico
and drove to Colorado Springs, Colorado.
We arrived at 3 PM and after unhooking we went to visit a few
breweries. The first stop was almost
across from the RV park. Rocky Mountain
Brewery also has a homebrew shop. They
have a beer that is almost as good as New Glarus’ Wisconsin Belgian Red. Then we had dinner and a taster of 6 beers
at Bristol Brewing Ivywild School. The
last time we were here the brewery was in a smaller place. They purchased a 1916 elementary
school. It has a coffee shop,
restaurant and shops in it. There are
also two large outdoor seating areas.
The last stop today was Cerberus Brewing. Jim had a beer but I didn’t want one. We returned to the Casita and we got the blog ready to
update. Kim and Steve went back to our
house and fixed the sensor that fell off and checked all of the other
ones. They also screwed them into place
so none of us would get any middle of the night phone calls. We owe them big time for this!
7/11/18 - Colorado Springs, CO
This morning after breakfast and coffee we went
to the Garden of the Gods. This is a free public park containing massive sandstone formations. After
walking around the park we went to a few breweries. The first was Manitou Brewing in Manitou Springs. Then we went to Fossil Craft Brewing, there
were a lot of Texas people in the brewery and we talked to them. They gave us some tips on the other
breweries in Colorado Springs to visit.
We decide to go to Brass Brewing next.
This is our 900th brewery to visit. Then a quick stop at Smiling Toad and on the way back to the
Casita we picked up a Subway sandwich for supper.
7/12/18 - Longmont, CO
This morning we woke up to find the water in the
park was turned off. Thank goodness we
had water in our fresh water holding tank.
We left Colorado Springs and drove to Longmont, CO. This took us through Denver. The traffic through town was worse than
Houston's. We got a site at Boulder County
Fairgrounds. We have stayed here
before. You can stay for a total of 14
days per year. Last time we stayed 13 days and this time we will only be here
for 5. We have visited most of the
breweries in the area. We visited the
Pump House again and then went to Oscar Blues - Tasty Weasel. Tomorrow we will probably visit with Jim’s
niece and her husband.
7/13/18 - Longmont, CO
Today we were going to meet Anne-Alex and
Kevin. So this morning we had time to
go to King Soopers grocery store (owned by Kroger) and to Walmart. After shopping, we went to Berthoud, Co.,
and had a beer at Berthoud Brewing. After returning to the casita Jim
took a nap and I watched some TV. The park next to the fairgrounds where we
are camped is having Rhythm on the River tonight and tomorrow night. They will have music, kids zones, booths and
beer and food. Anne-Alex and Kevin came
here and we walked to the festival.
We listened to a couple of bands and had a few beers. Afterward we had dinner at our campsite.
7/14/18 - Longmont, CO
When we camped here a couple of years ago we
found out there was a huge farmers market in the parking lot of the fairgrounds
on Saturday morning. We went back to it
today. They also have a food court and
we bought breakfast burritos and took them back to the Casita to eat. I can’t wait to eat some of these ripe,
beautiful veggies we bought. Anne-Alex
came to camp around noon and the three of us went to Rocky Mountain National
Park. Jim drove us up the one-way,
narrow, winding dirt road to the Alpine Visitor Center. When we got there, the temperature was 66
degrees, and there was still snow pack at the top. Anne-Alex hiked the Alpine Ridge Trail. Jim and I have done it before, but not this time. The altitude really gets to me. On the way back down we stopped to take
pictures of Elk on the slopes. People
were walking out on the tundra (this is not allowed) and getting only feet away from wild animals that could
hurt them. Rangers had been there handing out
tickets. But when they left, it only
started up again. Sort of like the people in
Alaska getting really close the bears and moose. Stupid. There was a
really big elk with a great antler rack near the road. The line of cars going by him and stopping
to get a picture was really funny. We
were one of them when we finally made it to him. On this part of the drive the temperature went down to 57
degrees. After making more stops to
look at the beautiful views that the park has, we stopped in Estes Park and had
a beer at Rock Cut Brewing. Then we had
supper at a Mexican restaurant. We got
back to the Casita after 10 pm and Anne-Alex still had to drive home.
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