Oh, my, I never did write about our wonderful trip to Colorado! We spent Fri night the 4th at Albert & Katies. Katie & I didn't get to go for 4 wheeler rides that evening. It took awhile to fiqure out how we're going to pack the van & we packed as much as we could that evening yet. Fortunately they had a car top carrier that we ended out using. The point was we needed space for Albert's motorized scooter & it needed to be accessible in route. We left soon after 4 AM, had a safe trip out to Cheraw & arrived at Mikie {John} & Brenda's around 4. Which their time was 3PM. But they were no where around & after making sure it was their house, { the doors were unlocked} we unloaded our stuff. When they arrived from their sightseeing excursions with friends, we welcomed them home! We enjoyed attending church with them & staying for their monthly fellowship meal. It was a wonderful way to get to meet & mingle with the people that call John their pastor! Oh, by the way, it was also a blessing to get to hear him preach! Mon we went to Las Animas & enjoyed a western, small town, kids rodeo! The fun part was watching my 85 year old Mom's expressions! We are pretty bad kids taking Mom to her first ever rodeo but it was great! Just good, clean enviroment & watching the kids handle their horses & the animals was fun! We ended out staying longer then we had planned but we all had fun! One of the older couples from Mikies church was there & they had grandchildren in the rodeo as well as some other families that Mikies knew. We enjoyed our packed lunch at John Martin Reservoir park. Tue Mikies took us for a sight seeing ride on what they called The Loop. We enjoyed the changing scenery of the southeastern part of CO. By Tue evening they had convinced us we should stay an extra day. So Wed we drove two hours west & went to Canon City. We had a wonderful visit with Gaylord & Kay Knepp who so graciously held off their plans for several hours so we could see them. They have a very nice place in the city & they were quick to say that it all came about because of the Lord's doing! We enjoyed the sights of the Rockies on our travel this day. We also stopped in at both of New Horizens thrift stores in Canon City & Pueblo. We also made a stop at Skyline Church & Mel got to visit with Ken Miller. Thur morning we left early, around 5 & headed back to Iowa, arriving at Alberts around 4:30. Katie & I got to go on 4 wheeler rides while Mel took off the carrier & finished unloading. I love watching my sister, who is 4 years older then me, just having so much fun on their 4 wheelers! But their farm is a blast to ride on too with all their field lanes & trails in the woods etc. We didn't stay out as long as would've been fun, I didn't want to make my husband wait too long for me to get back to the house. But when we got back, Albert & Mel had gone off too on their other 4 wheelers! We found them back in the soy bean field. But we had six hours home yet so we didn't stay too long. It was 11:30 when Mel & I got back home! We had a great trip, great time with family & really enjoyed the privilege of having Mom & Alberts going with us. Mom stayed at Alberts so after her being here a month it was kinda different this week not having her here. Oh, by the way, I have since found out that Mom did another new thing. Not only did Katie get her on a 4 wheeler, she actually drove one!!!!!! Isn't she amazing! You're never too old to learn something new! I love my Mom, she's such a sport! Guess she has to be when she's at the mercy of her kids!! Later ya all....God is good .....all the time | 
