We made it back to Colorado!!!!!

On the way back from Ohio we stopped off at Merrimack Caverns just west of St Louis.  It was more than we expected and the privately owned Caverns gave us another view of what is under this great land.  We have visited several caves and caverns throughout the USA and this one ranks up there with any of them, of course each has its own personality.  It is worth a side trip if you are in the St. Louis area.  Here are a few pictures from down under!

Stalagmites and Stalactites

Pat at an underground lake

No, this is not a picture of Jessie and Frank James although they used these caverns as a hideout...this is Bob and Donna acting like they are enjoying the caverns!!!

After we left the St. Louis area we headed west on I-70 toward the Rocky Mountains.  We are now sit up at the United States Air Force Academy famcamp where we will be until after Christmas.  Of course, we have George's follow on chemo treatments starting in mid October and ending in November.  We will spend Halloween with "the boys" and have a family dinner at Thanksgiving, enjoy the Christmas season with friends and family.  But for the first few days we wanted to see our son's families and of course "the boys"!!!!  The day after we arrived in Colorado we went to Denver and kidnapped Kasey and Karsten for the day.  Here are a few pics of the afternoon with "the boys".

We needed a wagon 'cause they got so big in the month we were gone.

Some things never change....Grandma's hogging both boys, Karsten on her lap and Kasey playing horsey on her leg!

This guy is always smiling!  The news is Karsten is walking everywhere now but I pinned him down for this picture.

Kasey is a ham, he took one of the coasters Grandma made and made a hat out of it!

 

The picture below was taken by Amy of their back deck because we left our camera at their house and did not want to drive through the snow to pick it up.  We waited until the afternoon, all the snow was gone and the sun was shinning before we headed north!!!!  That's how it is in Colorado, a few inches of snow overnight and sunny the next day to melt all the snow.

It is October in Colorado...go figure! 

We enjoyed our trip back to Ohio and was glad to visit with family and friends but nothing beats hugs and kisses from Kasey and Karsten.  Kasey's yelling "Gama and Gapa" is music for our ears.  It is always nice to see Kris, Amy, David, and Nikki but they are really old and don't kiss and hug us like Kasey and Karsten.

As noted above we are in Colorado until the end of the year but we will be busy.  Golf is on the agenda with Kris and David later this week and hopefully we will be able to steal "the boys" a few more times before we start to get cooler weather.  We also want to help Kris and Amy with some of their home projects.  Also. just to let everyone know we are also just starting to look for property here in Colorado, in fact, David started looking for us while we were in Ohio.  Hopefully, we will find something that we will eventually settle on --- when we decided to get off the road.  No, we are not ready yet but we are hoping that the prices are down to where we can pick up a bargain.  It would also give us a place to park our motor home when we are back here visiting...we will keep you posted on this little adventure .

So my friends, you now know as much as we do about our plans but remember --- plans are just plans and are subject to change.  We are all about flexibility so stay tune!  Enjoy the beautiful fall colors, the football games (the Broncos could use some help), and the upcoming holidays!  Take care of yourselves!!!!!