Colorado National Monument

We went out to breakfast with Ron and Viki this morning. We always enjoy our visits with them.

Ron took us up to see the Colorado Monument after breakfast. We've been within 5 miles of it five times now and this was our first visit. We only had time for a quick drive in the first part of the park, so we will do it again sometime. The most interesting thing we saw, were the mountain sheep. I got good pictures of them, but Ron got better pictures. His camera is worth more than my car, with a full tank of gas. Ron sent me some of his pictures to share, but for some reason, I can't upload them. Too bad, his pictures were close up and personal.

The tiny church at Price had a sale three times better than Grand Junction's last night. Interesting!

I always enjoy seeing my Aunt Florence when we come here. She isn't able to drive now, but she has some wonderful friends that take her around.

November 1 Fruita, CO

There's a motel right by the Church, so we stayed there last night. This morning after breakfast, we worked in the truck until about 1:00. One of the Church ladies stopped to see if we were okay. She thought we had truck problems. And a little later the pastor stopped to check on us too. This pastor will be the new pastor in Wichita and Harper, Kansas in about 2 more weeks. We used to live in Harper, two moves ago.

We were able to visit with Ron and Viki Carrick tonight during our sale. Jim and Ron have been friends since they were about 5. Viki and I have been friends for two and a half years. Some friends just become good friends right away and Viki is that kind of friend.

I had completely cashed up and turned off the computer when another customer came in. She ended up being our biggest sale for the night.


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October 31 Montrose, CO

We stayed at Delta, CO last night, so we would be ready for our 11:30 sale today. For two hours, the people just poured in. It was a great sale. We were there about 3 hours for a 2 hour sale.

Montrose is only about an hour down the road, so we had time for a quick meal before our 4:30 sale. It was a good one too.

As of tonight, we surpassed our sales for our first 2 runs. This run should be at least as good as our best sale. God just blesses and blesses our work.

Dead Horse Point State Park - UT

This afternoon we decided to visit Dead Horse Point, which is by the north entrance to Canyonlands National Park. We drove by it in May, but didn't take the time to visit. I'm so glad that we did today. Not only was it another beautiful day, the view was fantastic. It was a little hazy, but I think I still got some good pictures.

The legend of the canyon is this: According to one legend, the point was once used as a corral for wild mustangs roaming the mesa. Cowboys rounded up these horses, herded them across the narrow neck of land and onto the point. The neck, which is only 30 yards wide, was then fenced off with branches and brush, creating a natural corral surrounded by precipitous cliffs. Cowboys then chose the horses they wanted and for reasons unknown, left the other horses corralled on the waterless point where they died of thirst within view of the Colorado River, 2,000 feet below.

Notice on the next to the last picture the rocks lining the road. That is suppose to keep cars from falling off the edge! It's pretty narrow there. The last picture shows the fence that they used to keep the horses corralled. It's about 5' high.

Remember, if you double click on the pictures, they will become bigger. I noticed on mine that the first double click makes the picture half screen size. Then if I click on the picture again, it becomes full size.

Canyonland Nat'l Park, South Entrance

The first picture was taken on May 7 when we went to the Canyonland North Entrance. It shows the kind of place that we were in today, in the south part. I tried to include pictures of many different parts of the park that we were in today. Several feature clouds, sunshine, colors, layers of rock, a 'shoe' rock and two show going under a rock from both directions on the road. We had a wonderful time. The day was perfect, weather included.

Newspaper Rock Nat'l Historical Site

We enjoyed reading the newspaper this morning. I'm wondering if they put the last sign up before or after the Indian's wrote on this rock and if it was after, did they arrest them?

October 28 Moab, UT

The landscape is so unique in Utah. Big rocks just pop out of nowhere. A person could spend months just going through the National Parks. Tomorrow we are going to the south end of Canyonlands. I'm excited.

I couldn't help but taking some picture today. I know that I've shared with you pictures from Monument Valley last year, so I didn't put them on again. This time I'm just putting a couple on the road from there to Moab. I love the sunshine on the first picture and the lines in the rock on a couple others. Those snowy mountains are looking into Colorado. Tomorrow you will see more than you ever wanted, probably.