Amy and Jud in front of Amy's Pearl St. Apartment
Julia and Marcella with Sun the wonder dogSo we road tripped it to Colorado last weekend. In truth we started on Thursday, so it was more like a long weekend. We took off mid afternoon across Highway 34 West, deciding to skip Omaha during rush hour.
Did I mention we were pulling a dinky U-Haul? Well we were. It was filled with Amy's stuff - some furniture and fixins for her new apartment. It pulled pretty easy - especially with Paul driving the whole time cuz Jud and I were too chicken. At least that's what we let him think.
I had programmed Gar the Garmin GPS for Amy's address in Denver when we started our journey. Gar had a hard time with the route change - reminding us often that we were off track when we stayed on Highway 34 instead of going thru Omaha. The topper was when I finally told her to route us to I-80 and she turned us onto a gravel road for about 5 miles. I believe I detected a little smirk in her voice about then...
We stayed in North Platte at a nice motel - even splurged for a suite so Jud had his own room. Got a pretty good night's sleep. The motel had a decent breakfast the next a.m. and we got an early start. Good thing too, as we ran into a traffic jam in Denver. Amy was waiting outside her Pearl Street apartment perched in among other historic apartment buildings. My aunt says it's a gay area, but I didn't detect any swishiness about.
Our game plan was to unload the trailer while double parked near Amy's building. It worked out pretty well until a Coke delivery truck decided he just HAD to go down Pearl St. at that moment in time. So Paul barked out a few swear words before ordering Amy to hop in with him to go around the block - lest he get losted. (remember yesterday's homage to Pablo - yes even good dads snap once in a while. but they don't punch people or crash the car in anger)
Jud and I continued to carry items into the apartment while Amy and Paul took the U-Haul back. Paul put the new WalMart bed platform together while Amy and I unloaded boxes of kitchen stuff and dishes. We had a quick lunch at a panera place close by - we walked. It was a goreous day - one of those days that makes me wonder why I live in Iowa where it's hot and humid or damp and cold much of the time!
That afternoon we shopped at Cherry Creek Mall - pretty upscale compared to Merle Hay...or Creston. Then we stopped at my Aunt Marty and Uncle Bill's beautiful townhouse where we were staying for the next 2 nights. We sat and chatted with them for quite some time, and then had a nice meal at a nearby restaurant. It sure felt good to have our fam of 4 back together again! It's fun to see A&J interact as (nearly) adults.
When we went back to Marty and Bill's, A&J took off to go to her place for the night. We took a nice walk with Bill and the dog around their condo complex. Very pretty area. As moving days go, it was a good one.
In the morning we picked A&J up on our way to visit my buddy Julia and her cute 8 year old daughter Marcella. (hubby Jeff and older daughter Zetta were camping, but due to J's cold J&M stayed home). Julia lives just outside Boulder in a little community called Eldorado Springs. They have an awesome homey home nestled against the hill. It is walking distance to a state park where rock climbers were busy hanging from ropes and repeling. We took an hour long hike along with Marcells, Jules and golden retriever Sun.
After the hike, we headed into Boulder to a brew pub for chow. We were fortunate to time it so we got to sit outside and see a live performance by an old English type group. I suggested to Paul that he take up that hobby instead of hunting. He shot dagger eyes at me! LOL I'm so glad Julia and I hooked up and now Amy has another friend in the area. One who does massages!
On our way back to Denver we stopped at S Target for a few more apartment things for Amo. Then it was on to Amy's to drop the kids off to clean up for a gathering at Marty's.
Did I mention we were pulling a dinky U-Haul? Well we were. It was filled with Amy's stuff - some furniture and fixins for her new apartment. It pulled pretty easy - especially with Paul driving the whole time cuz Jud and I were too chicken. At least that's what we let him think.
I had programmed Gar the Garmin GPS for Amy's address in Denver when we started our journey. Gar had a hard time with the route change - reminding us often that we were off track when we stayed on Highway 34 instead of going thru Omaha. The topper was when I finally told her to route us to I-80 and she turned us onto a gravel road for about 5 miles. I believe I detected a little smirk in her voice about then...
We stayed in North Platte at a nice motel - even splurged for a suite so Jud had his own room. Got a pretty good night's sleep. The motel had a decent breakfast the next a.m. and we got an early start. Good thing too, as we ran into a traffic jam in Denver. Amy was waiting outside her Pearl Street apartment perched in among other historic apartment buildings. My aunt says it's a gay area, but I didn't detect any swishiness about.
Our game plan was to unload the trailer while double parked near Amy's building. It worked out pretty well until a Coke delivery truck decided he just HAD to go down Pearl St. at that moment in time. So Paul barked out a few swear words before ordering Amy to hop in with him to go around the block - lest he get losted. (remember yesterday's homage to Pablo - yes even good dads snap once in a while. but they don't punch people or crash the car in anger)
Jud and I continued to carry items into the apartment while Amy and Paul took the U-Haul back. Paul put the new WalMart bed platform together while Amy and I unloaded boxes of kitchen stuff and dishes. We had a quick lunch at a panera place close by - we walked. It was a goreous day - one of those days that makes me wonder why I live in Iowa where it's hot and humid or damp and cold much of the time!
That afternoon we shopped at Cherry Creek Mall - pretty upscale compared to Merle Hay...or Creston. Then we stopped at my Aunt Marty and Uncle Bill's beautiful townhouse where we were staying for the next 2 nights. We sat and chatted with them for quite some time, and then had a nice meal at a nearby restaurant. It sure felt good to have our fam of 4 back together again! It's fun to see A&J interact as (nearly) adults.
When we went back to Marty and Bill's, A&J took off to go to her place for the night. We took a nice walk with Bill and the dog around their condo complex. Very pretty area. As moving days go, it was a good one.
In the morning we picked A&J up on our way to visit my buddy Julia and her cute 8 year old daughter Marcella. (hubby Jeff and older daughter Zetta were camping, but due to J's cold J&M stayed home). Julia lives just outside Boulder in a little community called Eldorado Springs. They have an awesome homey home nestled against the hill. It is walking distance to a state park where rock climbers were busy hanging from ropes and repeling. We took an hour long hike along with Marcells, Jules and golden retriever Sun.
After the hike, we headed into Boulder to a brew pub for chow. We were fortunate to time it so we got to sit outside and see a live performance by an old English type group. I suggested to Paul that he take up that hobby instead of hunting. He shot dagger eyes at me! LOL I'm so glad Julia and I hooked up and now Amy has another friend in the area. One who does massages!
On our way back to Denver we stopped at S Target for a few more apartment things for Amo. Then it was on to Amy's to drop the kids off to clean up for a gathering at Marty's.
Paul and I didn't get to Marty's too long before sis Cindo showed up along with the Bolder, her hubby. Then others began trickling in - Cousin Rich, Cousin Amy and her hubby Tom and then the kids with Amy's friend Neal. It was our first meeting with the guy Amy has spent a great deal of time with this past 6 months. We didn't hate him! J/K. He seems very nice - thumbs up from all.
It was great catching up with the family. We dined on pizza and "happy" cakes. In the a.m. after bidding goodbye to Marty and Bill with fond thanks, we stopped to show Cindy and Bolder Amy's cute place. Then we had brunch at a restaurant a few blocks away - another gorgeous sunny one so we walked. We took off for home shortly after, leaving our baby girl to assemble her stuff into her personal cocoon of Amyness. It was a great weekend.
It was great catching up with the family. We dined on pizza and "happy" cakes. In the a.m. after bidding goodbye to Marty and Bill with fond thanks, we stopped to show Cindy and Bolder Amy's cute place. Then we had brunch at a restaurant a few blocks away - another gorgeous sunny one so we walked. We took off for home shortly after, leaving our baby girl to assemble her stuff into her personal cocoon of Amyness. It was a great weekend.
Amy Neal and Bolder in his eternal cutter and buck jacket
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