4th of July in Carbondale

We went to the Carbondale 4th of July celebration.  The downtown parade lasted 7 minutes. Mostly little kids with dressed up bikes. More of a community gathering than a real parade. After the parade there was a lot for little kids to do in the park and the pool was open for the community.

A weekend excursion

Bill's furniture has been in storage at Steve and Suzanne's house in Dearborn, MI since we left there last fall. This past weekend Steve and Suzanne loaded up a trailer they borrowed from Scott Klapper in Saline, MI and met us in Winterset, IA.  Bill got a trailer from a friend in Carbondale.

What a marathon trip! Steve and Suzanne drove about 10 1/2 hours from Michigan and we drove about 12 1/2 from Colorado. Had a nice dinner at a Mexican restaurant Saturday night in town and both left at 6 a.m. Sunday to return home. By 9 pm MDT all of Bill's stuff was unloaded and the trailer returned!

No trailer issues on either end made it a hassle free trip.

Oh what fun!



Winterset, IA

A little corn hole anyone?

Last Wednesday we had some friends over the week before we leave. A fun evening of corn hole, hamburgers and socializing!

Daisy and Angelina's dog Zeus



The corn bags never stopped flying



Bill's boss Eric



Bill's friend Angelina and her father



Jesse and her father

Bill's friend Conrad

Interesting Par 3

Bill took me golfing for father's day and we went to the Gypsum Golf Course. About 45 minutes west of Carbondale off of I-70. It is a very challenging course, especially the front 9. Target golf!

There was a par three though that was pretty cool. You wind your way up a long and steep grade hill. Would not recommend walking this course. There are speed bumps on the way back down so you don't fly off the mountain.

A view from the tee box. The sign says 178 yards. Not sure that accounts for the 150' straight down to the green!

Carbondale Rodeo

We went to the Rodeo Thursday night. There is one every Thursday night. It was a great time and last about two hours. If get there early enough, you can back your truck up to the fence and watch the rodeo from your truck bed.

All sorts of activities. Kid's got to bronco ride sheep. There was lassoing time trails. Races pulling your partner on hides. Bull riding...  The place was packed.

Watching 4-6 year olds ride sheep was pretty entertaining!

Bill and a friend

Now the insurance........

Called Miller Insurance yesterday and waiting on an adjuster to call back today. I suspect that there is easily $2000-$3000 in damage to the trailer. The rubber roof is torn in multiple places, the fiberglass/wood is showing where the arms ripped off the side of the trailer, the hole in the roof which protrudes into the kitchen and the awning itself.

Now that we are fulltimers the idea of putting our "home" in the shop for several weeks for repair brings on a whole new meaning! Carbondale, CO is in the middle of nowhere when it comes to repair facilities. The closest place is Denver (3 1/2 hours away).

Have to see how this plays out after talking to the adjuster.

70 mph Micro burst

So I've been a little slow in updates even though I have several but this one warrants putting in now. We had a 20 second, 70 mph freak micro burst of wind on a sunny, no clouds in the sky day! The pictures say it all. A hanging plant on the awning landing 30 yards away! My "heavy" golf clubs in their travel bag were blown to the other side of the trailer. A friends boat was moved and the wind so strong it almost took it off its trailer!