June 9, 2011 Cinder Groomer

One of the things that we have really looked forward to here in Cheyenne was to take our beautiful chow, Cinder to the groomer that groomed her for 10 years...Best In Show.  Her appointment was this morning, and you have no idea how happy we are with them.  Their prices are in line with everywhere we've been, but the quality of work - superb!  Here is our beautiful girl:



While she was getting beautiful, we went shopping!  I had a list of stuff to get at Sam's Club, you know, aleve, low dose aspirin, liquid soap, wow, we must be getting old, we used to buy movies, electronics, and lots of food! 

Next it was off to Wal-Mart where we picked up some more things - holy cow, we had TWO little bags and it was over $100...wow!

The last place was Petco, where we had to buy a new leash, some treats and some pick up bags.    Whew, by the time we got home we were exhausted!  We relaxed until the groomer called and we went to pick up Cinder - back home we patiently waited (read napped) until we were able to meet with our best friend Janet - who just started a new job after many years at the same old grind.  She was simply glowing - it was past time for a change! 

We went to Sanford's and had dinner together, and several hours of wonderful conversation, and some planning for at least 1more get together!

June 7, 8, 2011 Rawlins, Cheyenne

After a rather tearful goodbye with our friend Christy, we left Lander at 8:03 am. There was some wind when we left, and by the time we started up Beaver Rim, we were in serious wind - 50 mph with 65 mph gusts. We got to Muddy Gap and that is where things really deteriorated...gusts were practically knocking us off the road. There was no place safe to pull over, so we continued to Rawlins. We stopped at Micky D's and I went in and got some lunch - David was having pains in his hands and shoulders from keeping the motorhome on the road!

Our friend Dwight from Cheyenne called and said he was about 1/2 hour out of Rawlins, and so we waited for him. He said that the wind was horrible the entire way from Laramie and he had a hard time keeping his van on the road...well, that was enough for us, we went back and got a spot at RV World Campground once again. We were set up and settled in by 1 pm, and oh my, were we ever glad. The wind just howled and howled. We did not even unhook the car! We had 65 channels of cable to watch and there was not a thing on - I was in bed with my Kindle by 8:30, and David was asleep by 9:30.

We got up this morning, dumped our tanks, topped off the water and were on the road by 8:30. We stopped at PETRO in Laramie where gas was $3.53 a gallon...WARNING - Petro is NOT RV friendly. There are no 'gas' pumps in the truck area, and the gas lanes for cars - let's just say that you did not have enough room to turn around with a car attached!!! We had a so so breakfast there and headed into Cheyenne wihout getting gas!

We arrived at the Moose Club on South Greeley Highway about 1...set up and immediately called the insurance company because we picked up a rock chip on the windshield. They were wonderful (we have GMAC) and within an hour there was a very nice man fixing our windshield!

This Moose Club is our home club, and I must tell you that we have stayed at Moose lodges all over the place, many with full hook-ups. We were NEVER charged a fee as long as we participated in at least 1 function or meal. Imagine our surprise when they said it would be $15 per night here...with electric only! We bit the bullet and paid for 6 nights, but I was pretty ticked off about it! I've written a letter to the club, with a copy to Moose International.

We did go in and participate in 'Hamburger Night' where we saw our friends Ray & Sandy, Joe Donna, Lou and Alex...what terrific people! We also briefly saw Ron and Beth Hartz...we'll visit with them at National in a couple weeks!

We're now settled in for the night, I have an early morning 'call' with the groomer for Cinder - yippee, she will be pretty and clean again :) This camping stuff is hard on her looks :)

June 3,4,5 Life in the slow lane

We've been SO intent on having that great grandson born, and working with Chris and her books, cooking and just enjoying life that I haven't had the energy to post!  Now that Landon has made his appearance, I'll try to recap a couple of things we did the past couple days!

We went for a couple drives around the area, just to get another look :)  We took the MH out and dumped tanks, filled up with gas (down to $3.67 gal...yaayy), did a lot of sitting in the driveway with friends and chatting! 

We went to a local Mexican restaurant for lunch yesterday, and I made potato salad for supper and we had a bbq - brats and burgers & beans...yum!

Of course, on Friday night we went to Svilar's in Hudson WY.  Really, it is the restaurant to go to in the area :)  I had Prime Rib...yum yum...so did David, Denny had sirloin & Chris had Lobster and Prime Rib...wonderful dinner - thanks Denny for buying :) 

June 5, 2011 - Landon has arrived!

And here is Landon Michael David Carter...7 lbs, 13 oz, 21 1/2 inches long!

He was born June 5th, about 4:17 pm...Mama and baby are doing fine, and because of technology, we were able to watch the birth live on Skype...I will tell you it was beautiful and I cried...David just kept sayin' "I got a new great grandson!"  

June 2, 2011 South Pass City/Atlantic City WY

This morning we were back in tourist mode, although we've been to these places before, we had no pictures or a blog post about them.  We headed out of Lander about 11, and drove the 20 something miles to Atlantic City - WY.  It is pretty much a ghost town, population 'about' 57...:)  We did not stop anywhere there - it was very cold and windy, with lots of snow along the roads.

Then we headed over to South Pass City, where we stopped at the Mercantile and David got a WY shirt that he really liked. 



Really neat old mines!  We drove a couple miles past South Pass City, and lo and behold there was a river runniing across the road - well, you know the saying, 'Turn around, don't drown'...and although we probably would not have drowned, chances that we would get stuck were pretty high - so we turned around involving many back ups and go forwards because the road was narrow, and dirt, and the shoulders were very soft and mucky! 

All the rivers and creeks here are running very high, and there is much concern about flooding once the weather really warms up.  We left the high country (elevations over 7,000 feet) and as we were coming down we stopped to take in the Red Canyon - oh gorgeous! 

We drove back to base (Christy & Denny's) had naps...and a happy hour...and it was leftovers for dinner!  Yay - nobody had to cook :)  Oh yes, to report on the little critters - the fogger did the trick - at least we have seen no more of the little buggers!!! 

Tomorrow we need to pull up the jacks and go dump the tanks - we've been here 6 days, so it needs to be done!  Hopefully our mail will get here soon - then we will be heading on up the road. 





June 1, 2011 Riverton/Casino's/Carnival

So...today was a good off day, and we made arrangements to have lunch with a dear friend, Darla in Riverton.  We got ready and took off about 10 - we were to meet her at 11:15 at the Depot.  Our first stop was at the Wind River Casino...where we walked around and made a $5 donation :)
We then went to the depot and had lunch - it was delicious!  Here is a pic of the train that runs around the top of the restaurant...very neat!

 Here is Darla

After a yummy lunch we went to Wal-Mart, where we purchased flowers to put on Ted and Dorothy's grave (Davids folks), remember we've had snow here for a couple days and were unable to get there!  We then drove over to Ethetee to the 'Little Wind' Casino, and did a quick tour of that!











We stopped at Fort Washakie and looked in the store, did not buy a thing - can you believe it?  I've NEVER left that store with nothing, but I did today :)

We came back to Chris & Denny's place, had a quick nap and then the four of us went off to Riverton to the carnival!  Here is David & Chris, cutting up as usual!

Then, because the carnival was SUCH a disappointment, (we were planning on eating all 'junk' food, and there was only 1 booth selling stuff, we left and went to Petree's Italian and had fantastic food (with plenty for lunch tomorrow)...then we came home and...you don't think we passed up funnel cake did ya???  Nope - and here's the proof, along with a real candied apple...yum yum!

Tomorrow we will really do something unusual.  I wasn't going to mention this, but a lot of folks that follow this blog really want to know not only the fun and good, but also the nasty...since we have been sitting here we've gotten some type of nasty little ants, so we got a 'fogger' and tomorrow morning it will be open cupboards and drawers, set it off and get out of dodge for at least 3 hours!  Don't know where the little critters came from, but they are outta here!!



May 30, 2011 Memorial Day in Lander WY

Mexican Lasagne

Plated

Denny

 

Will

 

Happy Memorial Day - we started the day looking out the window and groaning - more snow!!! Oh well, let's get this day started!

We went to the local VFW who was hosting a free pancake, sausage & egg breakfast - David is a lifetime member, so we were warmly welcomed. Besides the food, there was orange juice, milk, & coffee to drink. It was all very good, and we got our 'poppies' that we proudly wear each year.

Many thanks to all the servicemen and women out there - the ones that have served our country in the past, including my darling David, and my Dad, Chauncey, as well as all those currently serving, especially our dear daughter Dawn serving in Afghanistan and Son in law Daryl serving in Okinawa Japan. Love you all and very proud of you!

We drove around town looking at all the snow :( Really, what is up with this weather???? Talked to Dad in PA and it was 88 there...here we have snow, in Hondo they have 104...what???? Where is spring? They tell us there is NO global warming - but something is drastically wrong...just MHO!

Christy has a favorite cake that I make - it is an old fashioned oatmeal cake with pecan/coconut icing - so I got that baked today and she made dinner...on the menu was Mexican Lasagne, artisan bread...oh my, how yummy!