Durango to Boulder

We had breakfast with Eileen, and headed down the hill. We saw the train headed up the valley, and Richard stopped to take a picture.

After a stop to return some carpet to Home depot, we headed east. The drive through Bayfield and Pagosa Springs seemed slow, with somewhat heavy traffic. We stopped in Pagosa Springs for coffee and bread, and crossed Wolf Creek Pass to South Fork, where we stopped at the quilt and gift store. The quilt store there sells completed quilts, not fabric. Then we went to the quilt store in Monte Vista, where Marianne bought some fabric on sale.

While we were at the quilt store, Richard's cell phone rang. It was the guy who left the fly rod at Delaney Buttes. He saw the note we left and called. He said that he got talking with his friend, who was fishing from the dock, and just forgot the rod until a couple of days later. He was very happy that the "right person" had picked up the rod. Brian said that the reel was what was important to him, as his grandfather gave it to him. That made sense, as the reel was kind of a collector's item. He lives in Vail, but will have one of his relatives in the Denver area come pick it up.

The rest of the drive was more heavy traffic, some rain, and even a bit of hail.

We arrived at home to find Jim relaxing, waiting for Karen to come back from her class. They are staying here for a few days, although they left to spend Saturday night with friends in Fort Collins. We had dinner with them before we left for Durango.