Travels on our way to the MTC

On our way to enter the MTC Don and I stopped to see family. Our first stop was Boulder, Colorado to see Don’s sister Donna and her husband Tom. They were such gracious hosts and we had a wonderful time with them. We arrived Monday afternoon. Donna and I went for a wonderful walk and the area was absolutely beautiful with splashes of fall colors everywhere. Don and Tom went to hit golf balls and we got back together for dinner.

Tuesday Kimberly called me with a silver deal so Tom drove us over to the client and I inspected each piece with Don. We left with two sets of sterling silver. On our return home we dropped the guys off at the golf course and Donna and I went for another walk through a different park around a recreation center. Different scenery but just as beautiful and our hike was a bit longer.  We also ran a few errands so I could get some Airborne because Tom had a bad cold and I really didn’t want to get one before entering in the MTC. We stopped at radio shack and picked up a new GPS cord because the one we had had a short in it. The day was so beautiful, the sun was shining and the temperature was in the mid 70’s. We stopped for an ice cream and enjoyed it outdoors as we watched a large raven several feet from us. We all enjoyed dinner together and then we looked at old college yearbooks from Stevens Point since we all went there.

 Wednesday Tom and Donna took us on a day trip to the Rocky Mountain National Park. We saw two herds of Elk and the bulls had such huge antler’s it was hard for me to believe they lose them each year. In one of the herds the bull had 50 doe in his harem. At one point several of the doe started moving quite far from the herd so the bull rounded them up. It was interesting to hear his cry as they called to the doe to return to the herd.

We also went up on the trail ridge and the scenes were breath taking. We spent the whole day in the park.

It was such a beautiful day we hated to leave.

On our way home we we saw these elk just strolling through a subdivision. Don was within a few feet of them as he took these pictures.

The evening was spent watching the first Presidential debates, which took place in Denver.

We had a great visit with Tom and Donna.  Don promised that it wouldn’t take him another 35 years before he came for a second visit.