hello everyone--october 12 and i have a 3 day weekend. we went up to estes park yesterday, with one of our neighbor couples, and we went into rocky mt. NP. saw the little place matt used to live, walked around bear lake, got sleeted on. the highlight was a quiet path off one of the closed campgrounds that had three bulls and harems of elk messing around. they were really active for 1 in the afternoon, and we sat on a picnic table and watched them for quite awhile. listened to them talking and bugling. i love that. then one of the big bulls mounted one of the cows. that was something we'd never seen. it was truly cool. i could have sat there for an hour but our butts were getting cold. it was suppposed to snow, and we were planning on camping--had to cancel reservations and just go up for the day. as it turns out, we only got rained on--so it probably wouldn't have been too bad. but the day was really fun. then we stopped and had a drink at the beautiful historic (the shining!) stanley hotel. that was really fun.
we have discovered something that we think all of you could benefit from -- fleece sheets. we got them at bed bath and beyond--searching for a fleece blanket like the one bridget has on her bed, and we found sheets and a blanket. they might be better than flannel!
we're trying to get through this global mess without freaking out too much. keeping our fingers crossed that the minds that run this globe can figure out how to get back on track. and get through this election. just talked to david--
take care everyone--we wanted to say hi and let everyone know we're doing well.