On 3 Jul 2001, at 12:16, Newtross@aol.com wrote: > FRED: Sorry to hear of your "failure" to land in Golden. We've had > this happen to us a couple of times, and I've always had my > printed-out confirmation to prove that it was THEIR fault !! I hope > you were able to get a place handily in Breckenridge, and I'm sorry we > missed a chance to meet. The phone bit STILL puzzles me !! You > certainly hit beautiful weather out there !! > > HAPPY 4TH !!! Thanks, the same to everyone on the list. I did not get a confirmation card which should have alerted me but didn't. Tiger Tail here in Breckenridge seems to always have some space available. I noticed that when the office closes at 5PM they have enveloped of available lots in the outside lobby. So if someone arrives late with a reservation they can pick their envelope up and will know where to go and those who show without one can pick a lot from the available ones at the rate they wish to pay. The weather here is beautiful. The mornings especialy are gorgeous with the snow capped mountains glistening a bright white. Then there are the pine trees which seem to have an aroma all of their own. In the evenings, as the sun goes down, on gets an immediate chill. At night it's in the 40s here but we don't require heat as the rig stays warm enough to be very comfy under the covers. Yesterday was one of those special memory days again. I mean for Amanda. We drove up to Hoosier pass at 11,200 feet and then took our jeep up a trail which only ended as it was blocked by snow. Amanda squeaked with joy the whole trip up as the jeep was rocking to and fro and my wife was having panic attacks. Think of those ads for jeeps and you get the idea. Problem was that once we hit the snow bank covering the road there was n where to go but back - backwards. Again, neat stuff for Amanda but not my wife. We were probably close to 13,000 feet high and the views from up there were fabulous to say the last. The whole area seems to be covered with county roads which aren't on any of our mpas but which go deep into the mountains. I think they must be snow mobile roads as there doesn't seem to be any logging going on. The trees stop below the roads. We made an approx. 200 mile round trip yesterday and saw many an old town which at one time was nothing but a mining camp. Leadville at one time was the second largest city in Colorado next to Denver. 30,000 miners worked there and lots of money was made. The town itself we'll explore some more on Thursday as we'll go down there and take a train ride back and forth from Leadville to Climax and then walk the town with its many historic buildings which go back to another time when people who had just gotten rich put up whatever their fancy called for. I still have a slight headache every morning and attempting to wash my rig this morning left me breathless. So excercise is not in the picture. I'll just do a little at a time. The washer folks here want 90 bucks to wash my rig and that is a litle too steep for me. I did do the car this morning. Got to send this now Fred