Back Home!!!

I always wondered if we would ever go home again.....boy, was I happy when I smelled "home." I started whining a mile away!!! It was after 7 pm, but the sun was shining, and momma let me out to "run the road." I heard them say that they wondered if I would remember what to do...how silly! I got out of the truck and ran like the wind down the side of the road. Dad clocked me at 50 km/h. 

 Our driveway was clear since Uncle Ervin snowblew it all winter. He is such a great friend and neighbour. This was what we saw at the end of the driveway.  I LOVE snow!!! It has been melting for a week or so...this pile used to be over 8 ft. high!

 Dad is not sure when we will see the grass on the septic bed! 

 

This is the view towards the side door on the garage.

The well-head is here somewhere! It is under an insulated barrel...guess we'll see it in a few weeks. At least the heat-line is working, and the water in the house is fine.

This snow blew in off the lake and used to be as high as our front deck. Many of the trees are bent over, and momma and dad hope they bounce back once the snow is gone.

 There are some signs of Spring!

Well, this is my last blog...that's why I picked so many pics with me in them!

Thanks for following along with us....and remember...."There's no place like home"---even for a dog!

From Utah to Colorado

We left the rocky canyons of southern Utah behind and headed to the ski mountains of Colorado.

 It was the first time I met momma and dad's boating friends, Sue and Paul. They are staying at an RV resort in Breckenridge, CO, for a month of skiing.

I loved playing with their dog, Cooper, AND I loved being in the snow again.

   I stayed in the truck while they went up the mountain in a gondola. 

This was the view as they were going up the mountain.

 The weather forecast called for snow overnight so we left around 4 and headed for Denver. The highway climbed to over 10,000 feet and snow started falling.

The snow didn't stick because the roads were warm...and we arrived in Denver to find absolutely NO snow on the ground and temps in the 50's. Dad said hopefully those were the last snowflakes we will see this month, but I love snow and hope I can play in some at home when we get back in a couple days.

Scenic Byway 12 continues....

Guess what we saw on Scenic Byway 12 in Utah??? You guessed it....more rocks! The highway is 122 miles long....you are only seeing a tiny part of it in these pictures. I know you are relieved to hear that!

We also drove through Dixie National Forest.

We had to stop to let this family cross the road. 

Capitol Reef National Park

We had never heard of Capitol Reef before, but it was on Utah's Scenic Highway 12 so we stopped for a visit.

 The first formation we saw was "The Castle".

 Close-up of The Castle.

This looked like a Capitol dome to the early pioneers...and it was a barrier to travel. It was called a "reef" by sailors who were used to reefs blocking their passage. Hence...the name of the park, Capitol Reef.

 The area was first settled by hardy Mormon families who planted fruit trees and worked very hard on an irrigation system. 

The trees are starting to bloom.

 Before the Mormons, native Americans left their drawings on the rocks.

You can see a big-horn sheep.

I wonder whose family this was????

We had to brake for wild animals like this mule deer! Mule deer are icons of the American West. They have a white rump and a black tip on their tail....this deer proudly showed us these details.

 What big ears you have!

Momma had just said she wished she could see a big-horn sheep when this one showed up! This shot almost looks like a painting...the truck was moving and probably the camera was moving too...I was jumping all over the back seat and centre console, trying to look out the front window!

Bryce Canyon National Park

Bryce Canyon was another "Wow" time. 

 Don't know who this lady is...but she was there a long time!

These formations are called Hoodoos. Early natives thought the crafty coyotes turned people into stone.

 Instead of looking up at the rock formations like we did at Zion, we looked down on these rocks in the canyon.

At 9,000 feet, there was still some snow. Here is a modern snow-hoodoo!

What a trip we are having....there is so much to see and do in this great country!