Other Activities

Yesterday we awoke to a complete cloud cover and a day that looked unlikely for outdoor fun, so we decided to do a total, badly needed housecleaning. What came over us? By 10 am it was nice outside!
However, we needed to do it, we also needed to be home in the morning to accept the deposit on the sale of our ATV!
Yes, we've sold it, not to get out of this form of recreation, but to buy a newer model that incorporates power steering, a much desired innovation that makes the longer rides easier on the driver and as a result, more safe. Bottom line is, being tired in the arms and shoulders isn't a good idea on the trails we ride.
We got a better deal by selling our machine than on a tradein deal, so now we wait and watch for the new one to arrive in town, MAYBE by end of next week???
The buyer of our new machine is the local County Assessor, an interesting lady who put us onto a book we've ordered: Coffut's Grip-Sack Guide to Colorado, written in the late 1800's and describing the State as it then was. Carole's looked through the lady's copy, and it's fascinating.
We did complete our housekeeping chores, pigged out on leftover beef stew, and crashed early.
Today we took in the local Arts & Crafts Show, an annual event that's always well attended and fun to walk through. A friend's methodology sounds practical: "We don't buy anything we can't consume!" Guess we're at the same place, our big purchase was a plate of 'ribbon fries', which, if you don't know (and we didn't) means potatoes cut with a spiral cutter into long spiral strands of potato that are deep fried, broken apart and eaten either with seasoning salt of choice, or with melted cheese, ala nachos. A cardiac arrest treat! We at least forgoed the cheese.
We have leftovers to enjoy with our grilled brats for supper, along with an ear apiece of Olathe corn. Delish!
We've been to only one production at the local Mary Stigall Theater, a staging of "Always, Patsy Cline." It was well done and featured a gal who sings in the local chorus, as well as appears in a number of the other productions, including the Cloggers, that are available at the Theater.
We're enjoying our membership in Netflix; the movies come very fast, since they are shipped from Colorado Springs, and we're able to enjoy sometimes 3 a week, depending on how quickly we get them to the Post Office.
So far, we have not attended the weekly Wednesday night Bingo; Carole's attached to the TV on that night to watch "So You Think You Can Dance."
Looks right now like we're in for a windy, rainy evening, at least in the immediate future, but actually we need it. A few sunny days in a row like we've just enjoyed, and it starts drying up and the dust starts to fly. So come on, rain! We're settled in, can cook under the awning, and have a new movie to watch.