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US 30, Lincoln Highway, and DAIRY QUEEN! Lindy's Road Trip to Aurora University, Class of 1967 Reunion - Part II .  Lindy graduated from Aurora College (now University) June 5, 1967. She planned to drive to Aurora, following as much as possible US Highway 30. She stopped along the way to visit friends and special sites, such as the Eisenhower Library! Here are her observations and thoughts on the last day of travel to Aurora finalized from a draft written April 20, 2018.  My last day of the trip I purposefully planned travel along old US 30, the same route taken 50 plus years ago as we (Carol Ann Ryan Brandenburger and I) traveled from home in Oregon to Aurora. Our class gift to the University is a Labyrinth. I parked near the Labyrinth, taking these pictures.  These were posted around the Labyrinth. So true!!! I've always liked Eleanor! I walked it. There was no one around. I thought about the three of us, 54 years ago, as we boarded the...

Our site and rig just behind the car. Currently at Mesa Verde RV Resort CO, a half a mile east from the entrance to Mesa Verde National Park (closed at the time). Weather:  71 degrees at 1:00 PM. Humidity 13%. UV index  10 Very High. Wind Speed 4 MPH. Wind Gusts 10 MPH. Current Severe Weather Alert:  Red Flag warning from 2 PM to 9 PM. Also a Fire Weather Watch for Thursday:  1 PM to 9 PM tomorrow.  The weather alerts are for all of south western Colorado, including Grand Junction, Rifle, Glenwood Springs and Aspen. Taken evening May 5 We are SO GLAD to be here, after deciding to stay a little longer at North Ranch, and working on re-doing our summer travels. The weather in the area north of the Valley where we just left got warm fast! We are enjoying the coolness and the views at our current spot! LOVE the snow capped mountains out our window and almost everywhere one looks! We departed North Ranch last Thursday, April 30, heading for Gallup....

August is a special month: With the cooler temps in the mountains, one KNOWS fall is just around the corner.  The "crazy, lazy days of summer" illustrate the winding down of "summer" Rupert's birthday is in August...! So OF COURSE we celebrate! Ummmm, who celebrates...? Mr. Rupert, aka Lord Rupert? Miss Maddie...?  ..... But Mike wasn't cutting it fast enough for them...was she? That huge bone lasted two mornings! What happens is that whenever Mike prepares her cup of coffee, and once she stirs it, that is the signal for the dogs' "coffee". You guessed it, they get their "coffee", which are Blue Bites. However, for Rupert's special day (and the next day!) they each had half of the bone! Who has who trained in this household?!   We KNOW!! Roving Riders, Enjoying the coolness of the Black Hills in South Dakota for a few more days!

Rafter J Bar Ranch Campground It has been a while since our last posting. Let's see if we can remedy that! We are currently enjoying the coolness of the Black Hills just south of Hill City in South Dakota. We have "explored" Colorado, ventured into Wyoming, then on into Montana where we spent July at Yellowstone's Edge, south of Livingston. The first of August found the Riders moving on to the Walberg Homestead in Mitchell, then on to our current spot. We talked of the SNOW in Dolores in the previous post. We were able to travel on down the road (one of our "longest" travel days....NOT) to Mesa Verde RV Resort, Mancos, Colorado  (31 miles 😊). Out our window to the northeast, Mesa Verde RV Resort There we enjoyed the snow-capped mountains surrounding us. Even Sleeping Ute to the west wore a cap of snow! Our view out the window was of these mountains from the end of May into June. What a GREAT yard/patio to have! Sunrise at Mesa Verde RV Re...

Here we are at Dolores Riverfront RV Campground , May 21, 2019....with two inches of snow! Maddie LOVED it! Rupert showed his excitement, too! Mike's Snowman! The park is on the Dolores River, on the state highway where one can go up to Telluride. We were at 7012 feet. We did experience nice weather earlier in May..... River was kind of tame....! Our site....notice few leaves on trees for first of May.... River view from the cabins---turning brown with run-off... One can spend the night in one of these! Check their website for pics inside! Nice! Yurts, too! Backing in was interesting....had to be just right...! And Bigfoot was there! Walking along the Riverfront Trail Driving up Highway 145 Here is spring! Buds in the snow.... Yesterday was a travel day for us. With an eye on the weather forecast, we had stowed all the items we could the day before, so that all we had to do was disconnect the power cord an...