This morning we managed to get up pretty early and head over to National Monument before the it got too hot. The Temperatures have been between 90 and 100 degrees every day. Lesley is loving it. The rest of us are slightly melting. National Monument is one of our National Parks and is amazing. The first half of the 23 mile drive was full of canyons and spectacular views looking down over the Grand Valley. Ray read to us from the visitors guide as we drove from ...

We had a bit of a lazy morning today. It was kind of nice not to have anything planned until later in the day. Around noon we went downstairs and ate a picnic lunch. After lunch Eric drove us around Palisade so we could sample the wines they have to offer. We stopped at 5 or 6 wineries and also a few fruit stands. Eric and I really enjoyed the wines while Lesley and Ray loved browsing the quaint gift shops. In the evening we ended up back in our gazebo where we c...

This morning we packed everything back into the van or the short blue bus as we have affectionately named it and said goodbye to our wonderful Kutuk condo. Ray, Lesley and I wandered around the downtown area of Steamboat and checked out all the shops. Amazingly the only two places where we bought anything were the health food store and the thrift shop or op-shop as the Aussies call it. Eric found a little coffee shop with internet access and did a little job sear...