Life on the High Plains

We recently took our kayaks up to Eleven Mile State Park in Colorado.  The skies provided some great sky shots perfect for Skywatch Friday.  (Don't worry, the kayaks didn't go in the water until the storm passed.) After a couple hours we were able to go on our voyage. Happy Skywatch Friday!  

Finally!  After five years of working on Irv I finally convinced him that we needed a couple kayaks.  (Okay, we don't really need Kayaks, but they're fun and I wanted them.)  I had found some eight footers on sale at our local sporting goods store so off we went to get them.  Much to our surprise they also had a great sale on life vests and paddles also! The next morning Irv had an appointment so we planned to drive up into the mountains to Eleven Mile State Park after his appointment for our kayak's maiden voyage.  Due to our late arrival, there was a storm brewing to the west.  The ranger who inspected our kayaks said to be careful and wait for the storm to pass an d then he gave us whistles to go with our life jackets (we hadn't thought of that). . So we sat on the tailgate and had a picnic.  Lots of people were in the parking lot waiting for the storm to pass.  When the rain started we took a driving tour of the campground.  We'll be camp...

 A dream came true last week.  After 50 years of being a fan I finally got to see Stevie Nicks in concert at the Ball Arena in Denver.   What a fantastic night it was! The concert was originally scheduled for Thursday night so Mary and I were just going to drive up after Mary's work day was done and then directly home afterwards.  A couple days before the concert I received an email saying it was rescheduled for Saturday night. Woohoo!  We decided to make a full night of it...dinner, drinks, and hotel room.  We went to the Rio which is a short walk from the arena and has excellent Mexican food and even better margaritas (they won't sell you more than three of them, one is always enough for me). I always go for the classic.  Mary likes the mango. I love their cheese and onion enchiladas! Mary refused to walk back so I let her order a Lyft for the .5 mile distance to the arena. We found our seats and waited for the fun to begin. The opening act was ...