They Were Wrong

The weather people said we might get a few inches of snow.  The weather apps showed that we would stay in the mid to upper 30's and that we would have an hour of snow and then just rain.  Well, over two days, we ended up with 8" of snow.  Denver is about 15 miles from us and they mainly got rain.  Dad works 3 miles from us and said that they did not have anything on the streets or sidewalks, while our streets were covered.

Our morning walk was strange because we would walk on snow and then sink into water.  It was not fun. I guess it is just hard to predict the weather here.  They were predicting that the mountains would get 1-3 feet.  We are not sure how much they got, but I-70 was shutdown yesterday and today due to accidents.

Since our morning walk was not fun, Mom told us to hibernate until afternoon.  We did.  I slept by the fireplace and Scout took the folks' bed.  She thinks that is her bed. She even started taking treats in there, but Mom doesn't let her anymore because she leaves crumbs behind.  She only sleeps in the bed when there are no humans in the bed.  She is still determining her sleep number.  She seems to like her butt on Dad's side and her head on Mom's side.  Dad is a 50 and Mom is a 35.

This was this morning.  It had started raining and the snow was melting.

This afternoon.

Trying to sleep the snow away.

The elk came out in search of food this afternoon.

See the elk on the hill.  This is near the dog walk.



More elk at the top of the hill.  We estimate there were 60-70.

These photos were all taken in the afternoon.  Our dog walk is flooded.

Joey,
The Greyhound Who Is Glad We Are Not Staying In The Mountains

Molly Brown's House

Saturday, the folks visited the Molly Brown House in Denver.  This is the second time they attempted to visit her house.  The last time was two years ago on April 20th.  They remember that date because that is National Cannabis Day. Since marijuana is legal here, it is a big event in Denver. They were unable to find a parking spot.  They had trouble finding parking again this time, but finally were able to park in a paid lot a few blocks away.  On a side note, they tried to visit Molly Brown's birth home in Hannibal, MO a few years ago, but it closed whenever they drove by.

Molly Brown's House. She paid $30,000 for this house.

Most people remember Molly Brown for being "Unsinkable Molly Brown".  She was on the titanic and she was thrown into lifeboat #6 and survived.  The list of the items she had taken on the boat is displayed in the house.  She lost over $27,000 worth of items.  A necklace she had in a safe on the boat was valued at $20,000.

Molly actually went by the name of Margaret.  She became a millionaire due to her husband working as a superintendent in a mine in Leadville, CO.  They were given shares of the company and overnight, they became very rich. They bought the house in Denver shortly thereafter.

Molly was a women who was living in the wrong time.  She is more like a woman of today than in the 1800's.  She actually ran for Senate which was unheard of for a woman of her time.  Her husband was not happy.  He said a woman's name should only appear in the paper three times; her birth, her wedding and her death.  She withdrew from the race.  She and her husband later separated, but they never divorced.

Mom said the tour of the house lasted an hour and it was fun.  Pictures were not allowed to be taken inside.  Here is a gallery of some of the items as well as more information about Molly.  Molly Brown House

The front porch

Another photo of the front porch.

Back of the house

Me just chilling at home.

Joey,
The Greyhound Who Is Waiting For The Predicted Snow To Arrive

Have You Heard?

Yep, it is our month!  We wanted to post the YouTube video that Cal, the greyhound, did several years ago, but it is not working.  It is supposed to air on TV this month, but if you want to see it now, just go to YouTube and type in Cal, the greyhound.  It is cute.

I think I would make a good greyhound spokesman. Don't you?

We are getting into our routine here.  Yesterday, we walked up a "mountain".  Dad didn't believe that Scout did it.  Today, she decided to stay behind, but yesterday she did it. We don't have any proof though.



We climbed all the way to the top.

We couldn't wait to see what was at the top of the "mountain".  We were rather disappointed.

Supposedly, there are three miles of trails.  We have to stay on the lookout for rattlers.  We haven't seen any yet. We have seen some big animal foot prints.

Our rig is down there!

There are so many bunnies here!  We saw seven on our walk last night.

There are four bunnies here.

There is a seating area up here.

Mom says we will not be going up there because of the steps.  They are pretty steep.

A little house on wheels!

Us

The view from our windshield.

Mom made BBQ pork steaks last night.  They smelled good.  She said we will be needing a new grill soon.  Ours is falling apart.  It is old.  We are going to get a tabletop one next time.  It will be easier to store and easier for Mom to setup.  We have noticed that most campers seem to be going to that kind.

Joey,
The Greyhound Who Needs A Nap After His Morning Hike

We Are Finally Parked For A While (Lots of Photos)

It took us three days to travel from California to Colorado.  The new motor home did great and we arrived without any issues.  We saw some great scenery along the way.  Scout has decided that she hates Arizona due to rocks instead of grass. She started boycotting leaving the motor home.  Once we stopped at a gas station.  Scout looked out the door and said "Nope, I am not going out there until you find me some grass".  She finally emerged from the motor home when we reached our campground in New Mexico, but she still wasn't happy.  There wasn't much grass there, but there was some sand.  Our campground in Colorado has a grassy front yard and she immediately stretched out on the grass and groaned a sigh of relief.  She is happy here.  I like it here too, but I am pretty happy anywhere I go.  I know how to make lemonade out of lemons.  We are happy to be parked for a while. We have been on the go really since we left Alabama on February 16th.  We haven't been in one place longer than a week.  Mom didn't even take the BBQ grill out because she said it was too much trouble.  We really prefer to be parked for a month or so. We will be here until the middle of May.  Yes, the BBQ is out and I hear we will be having BBQ pork steaks for dinner.

Here are some photos from our trip:

Lava field in CA.

We saw this motor home a few times. They have Looney Tune decals on all sides.

This was the dog run at the AZ campground.  It was all rock and not much bigger than our living room. 

This was the campground.  This is a gravel road. Each site has four trees.  I guess that provides shade but it makes it difficult to get into your site.  We did not like this place at all.

A rest area in AZ.

New Mexico

The welcome center in New Mexico.  This is the dog run!!! 

Scout was still a little peeved about the rocks in Arizona.  This run was sand with some rocks.  Mom was thrilled that we had a fenced area to stretch our legs.

Somebody stole all the dog bags. 

Another lava field.  The volcano erupted over 10,000 years ago according to Google.

The campground in New Mexico had bunnies.  It was Easter and I got to see bunnies.

Our site in New Mexico.  You should have seen us getting to this one.  We had to go around lots of curves to get to it.  Dad is getting pretty good handling this monster of a rig.

There was a nice dog run here, but we only got to visit it at night because so many other dogs were using it.

Finally, we made it to Colorado.

Nice view, but we had lots of dead bugs on our windshield.





We faced some pretty big wind gusts.  It was a little scary, but it would have been worse in the old rig.  This rig weighs twice as much as the old one, so it takes a lot to blow us around.  When this rig is closed up, the side toppers are covered completely.  Dad always worried about the wind getting a hold of the side toppers in the old one.  He worried anytime we drove in windy conditions.

Here we are in our current site with our grassy yard.  If we get a neighbor, we will have to share our front yard.  It is a little odd.

We will take more photos of the new place later. We climbed a "mountain" today. Wait until you see all the bunnies here! Fun times ahead!

Joey,
The Greyhound Who Is Enjoying Some Downtime