Friday, July 20, 2007

Seasonings and Reasonings

Thursday we left Rawlins at about 7:30. We had about three hours of travel to Fort Collins. My husband's cousin, Anjean VanderVliet lives there. We had a rather closer relationship with she and her husband and children about thirty five years ago but now we hadn't seen her for many years. We were happy to find her well, busy as a bee, and apparently very happy. She has a close female friend and together they are never idle.

Then we were on to Boulder to the Celestrial Seasonings Company for a tour. It was a delightful tour and because I'm an herb tea drinker, it was very interesting to me and hopefully to those with whom I'm traveling. I savored all the wonderful aromas from mint to black pepper and cloves. Both Sue and I wish we had purchased tea pots there but we were too dutch at the time and now have regrets. They were so exquisite. I must confess that after purchasing many tea pots at garage sales, it is painful to pay retail price for one. Too bad too sad.

Then on to Estes Park. Such a beautiful tucked in the woods mountain town. Estes is the gateway to the Rocky Mountain National Park. This park is one my favorites. After we had dinner last evening (Jim had an elk burger, I wasn't quite that brave), we went into the park in hopes of seeing big horn sheep at dusk. We saw none but we did see some more elk, beautiful animals and a wolf. My binoculars came in handy. I was exceptionally fatigued during our wildlife tour and so we decided to come back to our hotel and get a good night of rest. I feel like a new person this morning.

We made the decision to enjoy today and not push to see more. We will go through this park and take our time. We decided not to go to Pikes Peak this trip. Makes me sad to not cover everything but just as withy all other things it my life, I pack it in. We have seen sooooo much so eliminating a bit from our trip is insurance of coming back again one day.

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