Lions and Tigers and BEARS!!

Oh My! Well, no lions and tigers...but there is a bear!

We're out camping...yes again...in beautiful Ouray, Colorado and there is a bear problem!! Turns out earlier this month an old lady was killed by a black bear at her home. She was FEEDING them!!! 14 of them!!! So, now that she is gone, the bears are looking for people to give them food and one is hanging out at the KOA. They call him Tripod. He is a large male with only 3 paws.

Tripod decided to walk over our "porch" last night! We found big muddy footprints on our rug just inches from the door!!

Wonder if he will be back tonight? PROBABLY!

Yarn and Camping

Usually these two don't go so well together!! LOL!! YES, I do always bring a project with me when we go camping, but usually it is nothing that either A: uses expensive yarn or B: takes a lot of thought to crochet. You'll usually find me with a skein of Simply Soft and making baby hats for my charity group.

BUT...this time it was different!! We drove over to Telluride, Colorado for a day. Now, Telluride is a ski town....a VERY high end ski town...I think many stars have homes here including Tom Cruise/Katie Holmes...and it is absolutely beautiful! Nestled in the mountains, a huge community park including fishing ponds, ice rink, pool, and huge playground! Lots of trendy boutiques and very expensive food ($3.50 for a hot dog!).

And while we were there, guess what I found??? A yarn store!! Yippee...whooo hoooo...happy dance!!! And after much pleading and begging on my part, my wonderful husband let me go in for a look!

Now I was in a hurry....remember generous husband and large dog waiting for me outside...so I touched and drooled over as much as I could! I have been wanting to try some linien yarns, but wasn't inspired by the colors they had...so I grabbed the yarns that stood out to me the most! I purchased two skeins of Mirasol Tupa yarn in ruby red! The yarn is a 50/50 merino silk blend and the color is fantastic! I hope to have enough to crochet me a skinny scarf and matching wrist warmers!! And please don't ask what I spent on the yarn....remember how much I told you a hot dog was??? LOL!!


So, if you ever find yourself skiing/hiking in Telluride, head to the end of Colorado Avenue and stop by Needle Rock Fiberarts! Friendly people, lots of knitting (sorry...didn't see a lot of crochet there except some hooks) supplies, FABULOUS yarns, and tell them that I sent you!!

And I did manage to bring the yarn home and not touch it yet...I have a few other things I need to finish first.

Weekend Fun

My wonderful husband has been itching to get away lately, so for Father's Day weekend we took off and went camping in Ouray, Colorado....our favorite place!!

The RV did great and is ready for another year of fun, and Cash's first camping trip went well! He really enjoyed all the SMELLS! LOL!!

On Saturday we took "The Toaster" up and over Corkscrew Pass.(we actually did it the opposite way than this video) We almost got lost, but luckily I spotted some cars in the distance...so we turned around and headed back down. For Father's Day Ron got big new tires for "The Toaster", so it did awesome over the mountain top! Plus it is hilarious to see the dog four wheeling!

It was too cold and rainy, so we didn't do any swimming in the Hot Springs Pool. Heather was disappointed, but still enjoyed herself. Sunday was spent hiking and exploring a ghost town called Ironton.

Then home on Sunday for Ron's favorite food...fried zuchinni!! Grown in our own garden!

It was a nice weekend. Now I need to clean and do laundry before I can crochet!

My favorite Place

So, I have two favorite places in the whole world. I want to share them with you!

First, of couse, is my home! The first two pics of the slideshow is my beautiful front yard. My husband is so wonderful and planted all these beautiful flowers for me! When we first moved in 4 years ago, the flowerbeds were all gravel!! He's done such a wonderful job! He even planted some of my favotire flowers! Iris' and Columbines. Unfortunatly all the iris' are gone by summer and I didn't get any good pictures of the Columbines, but you can see all the other beautiful ones! And you can just imagine how wonderful it smells!!! We even have two hummingbirds that frequent the yard!

My second place it Ouray, Colorado. It's about 1.5-2 hours drive from here and at the base of the mountains. The town is full or cute little shops and it's common to see deer walking around! There are some really awesome waterfalls and Heather's favorite...the hot springs pool and waterslide! We head up here to camp at least once a month in good weather. We even like to go visit when it is freezing cold and the snow is REALLY deep! And go SWIMMING! It's such a beautiful town. We would live there if we could. But it's too small for a Chrysler dealership (my dh works for them, LOL!) and waaaaay to expensive to live there!

This was the second weekend in a row that we went tent camping up in the mountains there. It was so beautiful! I had a nice time taking lots of pictures. Hope you enjoy them! For some reason the slideshow is not working....so you can see it if you click here:

Slideshow