Fall Trip - Back Home

 It's hard to sleep in when you're used to getting up early!  I woke up quite early so got up and showered and put on my coat and walked around the grounds, just to get some exercise!  Since "The Diner" was going to be open today and it served breakfast starting at 7:00, we were out the door early to go eat.  And of course, guess what - it was NOT open, even though their website said it was........

We decided we were NOT going to wait around for the other one to open at 8:00 so we quickly packed up and left with plans to eat in Gunnison - yes, it would be much later than normal but I had plenty of snacks in the car to eat until we arrived!

The drive back home was beautiful - a different way of course!!  I loved this back way of going into Gunnison!

Thought this was a unique picture with the dead tree surrounded by all the gold leaves!

We made it into Gunnison - very hungry by this time and there was a line at the W which is the restaurant Glenn loves - it's a locals place!!  We split an omlette which was excellent and also ordered a HUGE cinnamon roll to split!!  Even had 2 different people come up to our table and ask us if the cinnamon roll was good as they were going to order one to take home - YES IT WAS!!!!

 We were on gravel for a while - I kept snapping and snapping!  This was on Black Sage Pass.

Once we got down on the flat land, it's always fun to look back at the mountain - lots of gold in those hills!

And finally Monarch Pass which is always gorgeous in the fall - sometimes it only last a few days but the weather was very nice so hopefully the leaves will stay on for a while!

And eventually we made it home - even the colors around home had changed in a few days and were beautiful - what a great fall trip!!