Homeward Bound!

Sunday morning was sleep in day - I fixed a quick breakfast and we were soon out the door - Glenn to fish and me with my camera and book in hand!! It was a nice relaxing morning as I carried my coffee down to the lake and relaxed! Glenn even managed to catch a couple of fish!

We took a late check-out so we could stay as long as possible but all too soon it was time to take the bike back into town and head for home! "Southern Vittles" was our destination for lunch - hand cut fries - delicious - and broasted chicken - yum!!

We took a different way home and stopped at the top of Slumgullion Pass so I could take a picture of San Cristobal Lake - it's a beautiful lake and the 2nd largest man-made lake in Colorado!

We checked out a couple of the campgrounds as we were winding our way along Powderhorn Gulch and I fell in love with the stream that went right through this campground!

Glenn pulled the car over one time to let somebody pass and I just happened to look back at the stream and saw this amazing waterfall! It was pretty close to the campground even so I'll have to put that place on my list of places to camp!

Many places in the road had the solid aspen trees on each side - I just couldn't stop snapping pictures!

The drive home was uneventful, which was fine with me!! We stopped at McDonald's once again - but this time it was for ice cream sundaes and they were great!! Until next year Lake City.....

Cinnamon Pass

Saturday morning we were up early looking out at the herd of elk up on the mountain! But soon it was time to dress in layers and head out again on the motorcycles! I wore a LOT of clothes that day - a tank top, a long sleeved knit shirt, a heavy pullover sweatshirt, and a lined jacked! I had no idea I should have brought really warm pants but I managed to put a rather non-heavy pair of sweats UNDER my jeans so that worked out great!! Gloves were a MUST and although I didn't have a hat (not that I would have worn one - I despise having things on my head!) I could easily put up the hood on my jacket when I needed it!!

Dick and Jane arrived about 9:30 and we headed out - trust me, I NEEDED every item of clothing that I had on! It was still pretty cold that time of the morning but once the sun came out, it felt a whole lot better!

Cinnamon Pass was the destination for the day, then heading down into the town of Silverton for lunch and then home by another route! We were game for just about anything!


All along the way, we usually rode by beautiful streams! The clear water was always rushing downstream and even though we were climbing, sometimes it would be right beside us!

Once we got a little higher in the mountains, I could smell the aspens!! Oh, I love that smell - it's an earthy yet sweet smell and I just drank in that smell whenever I could!!

Most of the roads/pathways we were on were actually pretty good - sure there were the usual bumps and potholes and others had lots of rocks and gravel - those weren't so fun!! Unfortunately we got on a wrong road (nothing is marked very good up in the high country) and the road was bad - solid, loose gravel! After the first switchback I actually got pretty nervous as were sliding all over the place, just trying to climb up the inclines! Glenn swerved the bike around the next switchback to try to get a run and he dropped the bike - ouch - I landed hard and my ankle hit rock of course! Between the shooting pain in my ankle, all I could think of was that I had broke my leg again!! But I sat a few minutes and then got up and it was fine - very sore of course but not broken or sprained - whew!!! (As an added note - my hip and legs were really sore when we got home the next day - little did I realize that I had some pretty good bruises in different places on my body!)

We all decided then it was time to get off this road and find another one - but of course once you're UP, you MUST come down!! I chose to walk it - there was no way I was riding on the back of that bike down that gravelly path!! Glenn did a great job getting the bike down the steep parts and pretty soon we were back on the RIGHT road which was a LOT better!

We rode the bikes into Silverton and had a great lunch! Silverton is an old historic town also and very busy as there is a train that comes from Durango through the mountains and ends in Silverton! We walked around and relaxed before we got back on the bikes and headed back to the mountain. Below is a picture of the usual "road/bike path" that we were on so you can see it really wasn't that rough!

As we got to the base of the mountain, we saw what others had been warning us of along the way - a stream that was NOW a river - and the only way to get across was to go through it!! I hopped off the bike of course and Glenn plowed through as fast as he could - but to no avail as the water was up to his knees on the bike and it stalled out - Dick had the same problem with his bike! Now Jane and I - we rode across in some type of an ATV contraption that kept us dry - thankyou, thankyou to that marvelous person!! It was an experience but the downside was that both men were wet from the knees down, including boots and socks!!

The way back home took a LONG time - even though it was beautiful, we knew we were running short on time - not only for it getting dark but COLD!! When we FINALLY reached the highway, we were still over 40 miles from our cabin! Of course we could go 60 mph now on the highway - but keep in mind it's about 40 degrees at this point with the temperature dropping FAST as the sun went down AND we're up at almost 13,000 elevation!!

We just couldn't get home fast enough!! I was frozen just riding behind Glenn and I wasn't even wet!! Glenn's teeth were chattering and his body was shaking by the time we finally got to the cabin - I fixed hot cocoa for him while he peeled off those wet clothes and headed for the shower - it took him a LONG time to finally get warm!

Our plans for a nice grilled steak supper went out the window though as neither of us had the energy to cook after our long day - my, did the bed feel good that night!!

To be continued....................

Castle Lakes Campground and Cabins

Lake City - let me tell you how we first discovered this beautiful place! Back in the fall of 1988, our family took a trip from Tx. (where we lived at that time) to Colorado, knowing that we would be moving someday to the state! It was a camping trip and of course since I had been to Colorado numerous times with my family, I KNEW that I wanted to live there someday so we were checking out places! Somehow we ended up in Lake City - now "City" is certainly a relative term here since the population of this little town is under 400 people! Of course that number swells to a LOT more during the summer when the Texans invade this tiny place! It's a quiet, historical little village - and we all fell in love with it the moment we arrived! Not only is the scenery amazing, but the small town life would suit us perfectly!

Unfortunately, there is no work there as it's basically a tourist town - and there is a very small elementary school but middle and high schoolers would have to ride a bus over an hour to get to school! So of course, it was not a place where we could consider living, but it's sure a place we could come back to time and time again!

Back to our trip now - after our motorcycle ride, we headed out to the Castle Lakes Campground which we had discovered a couple years ago - it's about 9 miles out on Cinnamon Pass and the aspens along the way were sure pretty! We got checked into our cute little cabin, complete with kitchen and bathroom, ate a very late lunch and RESTED!

This is the hillside of aspens behind the campground - I'm standing on the opposite side of the lake taking this photo, although the actual print below does not do the hillside justice! It's really much more amazing to see it in person!

The place has 2 fishing lakes - so Glenn and I took a walk around the lake and I of course brought my camera to start snapping pictures!

I love the reflections of the mountains and the aspens on this lake!! One of my all time favorite photos is the one below, only the BETTER one that I took 2 years ago is blown up and framed, hanging on my wall at home! I was just not at the lake at the right time of day to capture what I wanted!

I think the picture below will become one of my favorites! No matter where you stand around this lake, there is some type of reflection in the water, whether it be the mountains or the aspen trees!

And this is the other hillside of aspens where once again you can see the different stages of fall! I love the moon in the corner of the picture - too bad it wasn't a full moon when we were there!

After a walk, a rest and a late grilled dinner, I turned on my new IPOD player (with MUCH thanks to Jaime and Robby for helping me learn how to download it!) and dug into the John Grisham book I was reading! A perfect end to a perfect day!!

To be continued.............

Lake City Bound!

One of my favorite weekends had FINALLY arrived - the trip to Lake City! Even though I was still under the weather, nothing was going to detour me from having a GREAT time on this trip!

It didn't start out so great though........ I had a horrible night's sleep - coughing, runny nose, sinus drainage - it was almost a pleasure to get up at 6:00, knowing the day HAD to get better! We loaded the car and were out the door by 6:30am! I was excited at the thought of stopping in Gunnison for breakfast - a couple years before we had stopped at a great little place to eat breakfast and I KNEW that's where I wanted to eat! Unfortunately, everybody else had the same thought! The line was out the door - and we just didn't want to hang around for an hour and wait for a table - so we drive around the town TRYING to find another restaurant to eat at - no such luck - I couldn't believe in a town that size that there was NOTHING else open!! But I was starving and we had to eat - so it was a McDonald's breakfast which ranks about a minus 1 on my list of places to eat - oh well............

The drive over was gorgeous - absolutely gorgeous! And we pulled into Lake City late morning and stopped at a campground where friends Dick and Jane were at - they had pulled their 5th wheel over, along with a trailer with 2 motorcycles! They were ready to head up Engineer Pass and wanted us to go along - I was game, even though I wasn't feeling great, so I changed into some jeans, threw a sweatshirt and coat on, packed a LOT of kleenex and off we went!!

Luckily Glenn knows how to drive a motorcycle and he did a great job, even though the bike was a little large for him - he has short legs so couldn't touch the ground and that made it a little more difficult for taking off and stopping - but he managed well!!

The air was cool but the sun was out and soon we were heading past old mining camps, stopping every once in a while to check them out, and seeing all this unbelieveable gorgeous scenary!! The aspens were beautiful - but as you can tell from the pictures, they were in 3 different stages - the trees were either still green and hadn't changed yet, gold, or completely bare (meaning the leaves had already dropped off!) Aspens are touchy trees and some years are more beautiful than others - this was a good year but not some of the best that I've seen in the past!

It kept getting colder and colder as we climbed higher and higher and soon we were above tree line - Glenn and I dubbed it Tibet as it's so barren with nothing around for miles!! Was it cold up there at 12,800 elevation??? You bet it was!! The wind was blowing so hard that I had a tough time holding the camera still!! We didn't waste much time up there - took a few pictures and headed back down the mountain!

There are a few private places up in the mountains and this particular house was something else! Check out how you GET to the house! That's right - you park on one side of the ravine and walk across this bridge to get there!! We haven't figured out how the house was built - maybe a helicopter brought all of the materials in?

All in all it was a perfect day - but by the time we got back down the mountain, I was more than ready to drive out to our cabin and relax!

To be continued............

They're Still Around!

The triplets came to visit the other day (formerly the quads) so I grabbed the camera and took a few shots of them - they're actually standing right in front of the cement slab and didn't seem to be too scared of us either! Alas, they're not tiny anymore - their spots are gone and soon they'll be on their own - but as long as they stay in the area, I'll be happy!

The Latest.........

Time to catch up on this blog - here's what's been happening:


1) I'm home sick today - I RARELY take a sick day - I usually just go to work feeling lousy and after dealing with people all day on the phone, go home and collapse and it takes me twice as long to recover! I'm getting wiser though - when my sore throat started Monday night and I struggled to make it through Tuesday, I knew that today I MUST STAY HOME!! The extra sleep and just being in my sweat pants and sweatshirt with a good book in front of the fireplace is EXACTLY what I need to get better!! The FIREPLACE you say???


2) Yes, the fireplace is on along with the wood stove going full blast in the lower level!! IT HAS BEEN SNOWING, YES SNOWING, for 3 days straight!!!! It's not sticking very much as the ground is too warm yet but if you look outside, it's like a blizzard out there as I'm writing this!! We knew this storm was coming in but had NO IDEA it would produce the amount of snow it has and be this cold - yesterday morning was a whooping 20 degrees - get the picture?? Snow and ice all over the deck, beautiful golden aspen trees covered in SNOW, potted plants outside shivering in this cold, and scraping the windshield!! FALL - PLEASE COME BACK!!


3) It was a fun weekend scrapbooking with the girls (amidst sick kiddos!!) and eatings tons of wonderful food!! I decided to scrapbook our last trip which was to Cabo - it was great reliving that adventure as I looked through the pictures and mementos from the trip!! Poor Rayna was sick with a high fever, we're sure it was SOME type of flu, and little Mackenzie wasn't feeling well either - but despite sick kids, we still had a great time!


4) I've been researching a LOT lately on line to book the annual "Gran" trip next February - I'm the official travel agent for the trip as nobody else really wants to do it and I LOVE doing all the research!! We FINALLY decided on the date, the place AND the hotel!! I have a wonderful travel agent in town who I work with and she got us some great deals!! So we are Cozumel bound next Feb., staying at an all-inclusive (adults only) called the Aura! It's all booked now and I can relax and start concentrating on our next trip!


5) Remember when I wrote that we were trying to decide between Minnesota and Zihuatanejo for our October trip?? Well of course the Mexico destination won! We have a house booked for a week in a little town called Toncones, about 30 minutes from Zihuatanejo! We'll rent a car at the airport, pick up some groceries along the way and head to our "home" on the beach at the end of October! This will be our "relaxing" vacation - Glenn will do a LOT of fishing and I'll do a LOT of reading! (And I'll get to wear my 2 new swimsuits!!)

6) Which leads me to the next thought - my diet - yes, I have been VERY faithful the last month watching what I eat and I have dropped 8 lbs! HOORAY!! I would very much like to drop another 5# but if that doesn't happen, so be it!

7) We have been planning all summer for a camping trip to Lake City, one of my favorite spots in the fall to camp! And guess what - it's this weekend - I had asked to take Friday off so we could camp over there for 3 nights. Well, between not feeling well and snow falling for 3 days now, the thought of packing the camper in the snow was just too much for me! So I did the next best thing - I called over to Lake City and reserved a cabin for us to stay in for 2 nights! Instead of leaving Thursday after work, we'll wait till early Friday morning to take off - we'll pack a couple lawn chairs and an ice chest (the cabins have complete kitchens) and I will have camera in hand on this gorgeous drive over......... pictures to follow.........LOTS of pictures!!

He's Back! (With Meat For The Freezer!)

I was starting to get a little worried about Glenn - he left a week ago today and I hadn't heard from him all week!! But he arrived home yesterday with the news that he had gotten an elk with his black powder rifle!!

Him and Bob had not left camp all week and there was no cell phone service of course where they were camped, at about 11,000 foot elevation! Luckily, they didn't have the cold weather that we've been having and only a little rain!

The exciting (I'm not sure I would call it that!!) part of his trip was that he was stalked by a mountain lion!! It was only about 15 yards from him - Glenn broke a branch off a tree and threw it at him and yelled at the lion and he finally walked away, only to re-surface on a rock ABOVE him, 30 yards away! Eventually the mountain lion sauntered away - I'm not sure I would have been very calm about the situation but Glenn did mention that for the next hunt, he's going to have some pepper spray handy!! Yes, he was carrying his black powder rifle but as he says, getting that rifle in position and with only one shot to take, the situation might not have come out real good!!

It's great to have him back home!

Getting TOO Big, TOO Fast!

Since Glenn went hunting last weekend, I decided it would be a "grandchild" weekend for me! I headed to Ft. Collins after work on Friday - of course stopping in the Springs to shop a little while first to let the traffic subside! I hadn't been to the Current Outlet store in ages and it's always fun to walk through that place - there is SO much stuff there though that you hardly even know where to look! I picked up a few items and because I had spent $20, got a free gift - not just a sticker page this time or a box of stationary, but a dozen cute pencils with a fanny pack! The fanny pack ended up being quite nice after I opened it up - lots of nice pockets and straps, etc. - what a deal!

Unfortunately with the fall season almost upon us, it's getting darker earlier and some of my trip was spent driving in the dark - but it was worth it when I pulled into Jill and Robby's house and got to see Aleah! She is smiling a lot now and it's fun to just lay her on a blanket and talk to her! She's a real cutie!

Check out this swing that Aleah has - it not only goes back and forth but side to side - I had never seen anything like it before!

Saturday it was cool and rainy so we bundled up Aleah and went out to shop - made a stop at Hobby Lobby so I could get some more fall things for the house and then to DSW for a new pair of shoes for me! Cute - Cute - Cute!! I really needed a new pair and this pair was perfect!! We also stopped at Panera Bread for a mango smoothie and chocolate chip cookies - yum!!

I babysat Aleah so Jill and Robby could go out for dinner on Saturday night - they brought me back white raspberry cheesecake - a HUGE piece that I couldn't even finish!! It was fun to see all of them and best of all, I'll get to see them again next weekend when we scrapbook in Denver!

Sunday morning I headed to Denver in the fog - even missed the turnoff to E-470 it was so foggy! After a frantic phone call to Jessi, I figured out where to go........... I stopped at Caribou Coffee and brought it to the house for us to enjoy and had fun playing with Evan and Mackenzie (and seeing her crawl!) before heading over to Jaime's to play with Kylan and Rayna! We all congregated for dinner before I had to head home on Sunday night! A great weekend - a great time - love those grandkids!

The ISSUE is NO longer an issue!

Remember my blog where I was singin' the bathing suit blues because I only had 1 new swimsuit for our Mexico trip next Feb? Jessi came through for me on this one............

I had emailed her a while back and told her: "If you are TOTALLY bored today and want to get out of the house, go to Kohl's and see if they have ANY swimsuits left and if they do, buy me a size 10 and it MUST not be a bikini!" Apparently she wasn't bored because she never made it to Kohl's - not that they would have had any left at that point anyway!!

But the NIGHT before they're to take off for their Iowa trip - she calls me from Penney's - feeling totally guilty because she never made it to Kohl's but that there are a FEW left at Penneys and she has one all picked out (the type I wanted) and was ready to check out but FIRST just wanted to make sure I wanted it!! So the conversation goes like this:

Jessi - "It's really a cute suit and I know you'll look great in it and it's marked WAY down!"

Me - "Sounds wonderful - by the way, what color is it?"

Jessi - Silence - "Oh, it's orange and pink!"

Me - Silence - "Jessi, you KNOW I can't wear orange or pink - ANY COLOR BUT orange or pink!!" ( I look absolutely hideous in those 2 colors!!)

SO she reluctuntly puts the orange and pink suit back but DOES tell me there is a one-piece black suit that looks really cute and has a little skirt at the bottom, just like what I wanted! I ask her the price and it's in the price range of course (marked way down) and tell her to just buy it!

And this last weekend is the first time I've seen Jessi since she bought the suit for me - it looked darling so I raced up her stairs and tried it on! Fit perfectly - cute as can be - and I actually look good in it as I've lost a few pounds!!

THANKS JESSI! I now have another new suit for our trip and I have YOU to thank for it!!

A FUTURE Project!

Ever since the 2 boys were born, Glenn has been telling me he is going to build them a little fort to play in - fort, clubhouse or whatever you want to call it! He has extra logs from the house so has decided that the bottom part at least will be logs and then wood towards the top! And yes it will even have a loft in it - I asked what for - he told me that the boys would want to sleep out there when they get older - OK - sounds like a plan to me!

So when he knew the date the cement truck was coming, he decided on the place where he was going to build the fort and had it concreted also! The location is just across and to the side of the lower concrete that we just did! I'm sure it will turn out cute as can be - but it's a ways down on the project list so will definitely be next year before it's complete!

Of course, you can't pour cement without writing names in the cement. I'm at work the day the concrete is poured and I get a frantic call from Glenn - he can't remember how to spell Mackenzie's name - so I tell him and he says - WOW - I'm not sure I have enough room for that so I suggested just writing Kenzie. Then I get home and walk over to see the names and lo and behold, he's spelled Kenzie wrong!! Luckily, the cement was still pretty wet and he could scrape over it and try it again! The names are a little hard to read from the picture but they say: Rayna, Ned, Evan, Kylan, Kenzie and Aleah! Ned (Nedelle) is Todd's little girl who live in Iowa!

I'm a widow for a week as Glenn left to hunt this morning! He's been packing for a month now (at least it seems like that) and has been freezing ice chunks like crazy!! He filled the HUGE cooler with ice this morning and taped it shut so it will last - the chest was SO heavy, he couldn't even carry it so enlisted my help at 6:00am this morning so he could be on his way! His friend and hunting partner, Bob Jordan from Nevada, will meet him this morning and tomorrow they'll be out at the crack of dawn, trying to find that perfect elk! Good Luck!

Another Project Bites The Dust!

I'm sure you're wondering if our summer project list is EVER going to get done!! Probably not! But another huge project did get to be crossed off the list this week! Glenn and 2 helpers poured the cement under the main deck!

It was SUPPOSED to be a stamped concrete project - but that didn't happen! One of our friends' had the 2 pieces of equipment needed to do the "stamping" - we had picked one of them up on Monday night after we got back from camping and our friend was to bring the other one the day of the concrete pouring - but he couldn't find it - and the truck was scheduled to already come before he let us know so alas, no stamping was done! I was disappointed for a while as I think the stamped concrete looks so nice - but Glenn assured me this would probably be better in the long run since this is the place we stack wood and carry it in to the wood stove - hence, the sweeping will be easier with no grooves in the cement! Ok - I agree - since I will probably do the sweeping!

BEFORE

The other thing Glenn did to the concrete was to add color - luckily he warned me before I came home that it looked a little "orange"!! (the color was supposed to be brown!) So I wasn't totally shocked when I arrived home and saw the color - yes, it is a little orange but of course it was still wet and will get lighter as it dries! It will eventually match the log poles (we hope!)

AFTER

I can see it now - the little boys racing their cars and trucks up and down the cement or riding their little trikes back and forth!

And what's next on the list - look closely at the picture and you'll see the project - putting the cultured stone on the cement blocks! It's done on the 2 sides of the house already - all we need is the backside done! What's really exciting is that the stone is already bought and sitting right by the new cement, just waiting to be put up!

Since When????

So Monday night after we went out for dinner, I told Glenn I was really hankering (?) for a blizzard - I had saved 1/2 of my dinner for the next day's lunch so still had some room left for dessert! And since W. Pk has closed their DQ, Co. Springs is the closest place!

We found a Dairy Queen - a really unclean, unflattering location - and I hopped out of the car and went in and ordered my favorite (which Glenn chose to copy), a raspberry and banana blizzard! I saw the girl put a scoop of raspberry in each one and then a heaping spoon of this dry powder - at the time I just assumed it was something to make the blizzard. Then she went over to the other counter and I couldn't see her anymore.

She brought the blizzards and I took them to the car and we started driving. At that time, I started stirring mine a little and realized there were NO bananas in there - darn!! After I took my first bite, I realized what the dry powder was - banana flavoring - and there wasn't just a nice little bit of banana flavoring but this extremely overpowering taste that was just downright horrible - you couldn't even taste the raspberries! By this time though we're already on the outskirts of the city so there was no use turning around!

I couldn't even finish my blizzard it was SO bad! Note to self: the next time I order a raspberry/banana blizzard, ask AHEAD of time if a REAL banana will be used - if not, just order the raspberry!

Cutbacks on blizzard fixins' is NOT my idea of a satisfied customer!!

It's #200!!

Wow - I made it to the 200 mark on blogs!! Since it's 09/09/2009, I think I should REALLY celebrate tonight! But since we sat in the hot tub last night, went out for dinner the night before, and then had 3 days of relaxation before that, I probably will just have to settle for a regular evening at home - sigh..........

Labor Day Weekend

Too short- Too cold -Too relaxing!

I DO love 3 day weekends! Especially when the office closes early on the Friday of that weekend! Glenn and I were all packed and headed west!

We had decided to go over Weston Pass first and hopefully camp there the first night! And that's just what we did! Weston Pass is gorgeous and I couldn't believe all the gold aspens we saw along the way! Slow down autumn - we want to enjoy those aspens all month long!

Finding a place to camp wasn't too easy as there weren't a lot of pull-off places along the road - there was a campground close by but we don't do campgrounds unless we absolutely have to! Too many BAD experiences at them - but we finally found a spot that was just perfect and set up camp - I had brought 3 frozen peach fizzies along so brought out that first one and it tasted just perfect!! We roasted hot dogs on the campfire for dinner and ate outside - it got mighty chilly but we had no idea JUST how chilly it was going to get!!

Neither one of us slept great (which is unusual) and I was cold most of the night, even though we were covered with 2 heavy sleeping bags and had flannel sheets on the mattress - when morning came and we could see our breath in the camper, we figured it must have gotten pretty cold out - try 20 degrees!!! And that was after the sun came out and we were up!! BRRRRRRRRR!!!

Glenn did some fishing in the stream and I walked on over to the campground to check it out - it was a nice one and there were quite a few people there too - but we never heard them during the evening as the creek was between us and them!

Late morning we packed up and headed over to another spot which was about an hour away - there were lots of ATV's and motorcycles around so we took one of the side roads and found a nice place at the edge of the forest which opened up to this beautiful valley!

And the next 2 days were spent reading, riding the motorcycle, swedish weaving, playing scrabble, eating, roasting marshmellows, hiking, playing upwords (and yes, I won both games this time!!) and just generally relaxing - my favorite thing to do!!

We ate all kinds of great food and even though the peach fizzies weren't frozen the next day, they still tasted great!! All in all it was a wonderful time - even with the cold nights!!

Animal Update!

Freckles and Speckles (the twin fawns) visit our property quite regularly and it's fun to watch them prance around and play together! They are NOT always with mom now - they must be getting braver to venture out by themselves! If we're around, we'll give mom some feed and she'll walk almost right up to us - she's pretty skinny so although I KNOW you're not supposed to feed them, I would feel downright bad if we didn't!

And remember the quads??? They came to visit the other day too - only they're no longer quads, they're triplets - somewhere along the way, one of them must have perished! They are smaller than the twins but still growing at a fast rate and hopefully by winter, they'll be able to fend for themselves!

Ben and Jerry (the chipmunks) seem to have vanished from the face of the earth! Maybe they're so busy hiding food for the winter that they don't have time to sunbathe themselves on the rocks like they used to - or maybe it has something to do with the cat that I've seen on our property lately - Hmmmmmmmmmmm...........