Thursday 9-3-26 Hiking, Walking, Barbecuing & More

 

Marina on Dillon Lake

We had another gorgeous day with a lot of sunshine. The morning temperature was 38 degrees and the high was 75 degrees. 

I woke up at 7:15 and got dressed. We had a bagel with cream cheese for breakfast. Then we went on 4.5 mile hike for two and a half hours. I wore my jacket but I took it off within a few minutes of the hike. Our hike started at the same place in the campground as yesterday on Peak One Trail. We hiked it to the park road and got on Excesior Trail. This section was out in the open and we gradually climbed the mountainside. We hiked Excesior Trail to Treasure Vault Trail. We really wanted Jody's Loop but couldn't find it. We did find Jody's Nugget Trail but didn't know where it went. We stayed on Excesior Trail. Treasure Vault Trail went through a small section of the forest, which was very nice because it was beautiful and cooler in temperature. We hiked Treasure Vault Trail to Crossover Trail, which is a road. It was a dirt road and very wide. We hiked the road to where Perimeter Trail runs parallel to it. We found a place to get on Perimeter Trail, which was right before we had to climb a steep hill. We hiked Perimeter Trail back to the campground, which was about .5 mile. 

During our hike we saw a few bicyclist doing other trails. There are trails for mountain bikes only, they have jumps and other challenging hills. We saw the biggest jack rabbit ever. It was too quick to get a picture. We rested when needed or when we could find a log or rock to sit on. At places we had to climb hills but they weren't bad. We saw wild flowers at places. It was another super hike.

Hiking through the forest

Yellow Toadflax flowers

Silky Aster flowers

We have a hot spot called Mobley, it runs on AT&T and is inexpensive, we use it to get internet while on the road. We've had it for years and it has worked great, but a year or so ago they made a change and in some places it is now very slow, in some it works great. Certainly not as reliable as it use to be. My cell phone has limited data and it's almost out of data for the month. Larry has been thinking about doing away with the Mobley and getting another cell phone plan for me with unlimited data. Today he found a plan that has unlimited data and unlimited hot spot data, it also works via AT&T. He transferred my cell phone number to the new plan. Now he has something new to play with. He loves new technology stuff.   

   

When we went to town the other day we put a chair out to save our spot. Today I put the other chair out. Larry sat outside for a bit while I played games. Then I joined him.

I played the Daily Challenges of Solitaire and Mahjong. The event was Event: Two Game Tango Mini of 10 games (5 Free Cell and 5 Tri Peaks). It took me 1hour, 11 minutes and 35 seconds to complete, which put me in 15th place in my group. I played Angry Birds Friends and Angry Birds 2.

For dinner we barbecued something new (Rancher's Brisket Burnt Ends Beef & Pork Smoked Sausage). They were excellent. The links weren't salty and very moist. 

After dinner I went on a 40 minute walk around Peak One Campground for 2 miles. By the end of the day I had done 17,000 steps.

We spent the evening reading. I finished reading Five Wishes of Murray McBride so Larry picked another book for me to read. The book is The Latecomer by Jean Hanff Korelitz. It's about a dysfunctional wealthy family, the Oppenheimer triplets, who don't like each. He liked the book and said I would like it. I like it so far.       

        

Wednesday 9-2-26 Hiking, Camping, Errands & Having Fun

 

Frisco and surrounding mountains

We had a gorgeous day.

We woke up to the temperature of 39 degrees and the high of 70 degrees. The clouds rolled in and out same as yesterday. 

It's great to wake up to temperatures in the 40's. I'm spoiled because Larry has the Wave3 going when I crawl out of bed, which is 7:15. I get dressed and then make breakfast. We had pancakes for breakfast. 

After breakfast we got ready to go on a hike. Once we were ready off to the trails we go. The last couple of days Larry has plotted out a track to hike. There are so many trails if he doesn't make a plot we will certainly hike either further or loess further than we want. Today our hike was 4.5 miles. We walked to the end of the campground and hiked the Peak One trail and Phat Loop trail to the main road of the campgrounds. We crossed the road and got on the Perimeter trail. The Perimeter trail took us gradually up the side of the mountain to our main trail we hiked, which was Queen of the West. We had one bicyclist come around us. She told us she was behind us and thanked us. While hiking to the trail we saw a couple of bicyclist coming towards us. We got off the trail and let them pass and they thanked us. A little farther a couple was jogging behind us. They told us they were behind us so they could pass us. They also thanked us.  The trail was very narrow and had loose pebbles. Queen of the West trail was very nice and took us around the mountain. The trail had short declines and inclines. We didn't know we had ascended 500 feet in elevation but at the end of the hike Larry's watch told us we did. Queen of the West trail took us through a different type of forest than we had been hiking. It was all pine trees and thicker. We hiked through a canopy of trees it was beautiful. After hiking Queen of the West trail we were back on the Perimeter Lakeshore for the last 1.25 miles. During this section of the hike where we were resting. A couple of women joggers stopped to take their picture with the lake behind them. Larry offered to do it for them. They were thrilled. We saw a couple of pontoon boats going down the lake. They had channel markers for them to drive through. We also saw a lot of Canadian geese sunning. We hiked for two and a half hours. We started at 8:00 and finished at 10:30. We had a super hike.  

Dillon Lake from Queen of the West trail

Part of Queen of the West trail

The forest we hiked through

When we got back from the hike Larry put out the solar panels because we had sunshine. He wanted to keep our batteries charged. While he was doing this the host came by and Larry asked him if there was any propane in Frisco. He said no but told us where to get some in Silverthorne. We visited with him for a little while. 

Before lunch we decided we would stay a couple more nights so we paid for the next two nights. For lunch we had sandwiches and chips. 

Last night the voltage meter on the house battery was acting strange and saying the battery was low. Today Larry removed the battery, he cleaned each of the connectors with a wire brush, reinstalled the battery and tightened the connectors. It appears to be working correctly now. He believes the problem could have been from a loose connector or a dirty connection.

In the afternoon we put things down and secure because we decided to go the Silverthorne. We're not out of propane but Larry didn't want to run out especially if we stay here through the weekend. It's Labor Day weekend, there is only one place in the entire area that fills propane and they are closed on Sunday and Monday. Silverthorne is 7.5 miles from our campground. We stopped in at Mountain Dirty Motorsports, where we got propane last year. They filled the tank now were ok for a couple of weeks. Then we stopped in at Target to pickup a few things. While in Target we looked at their muffin pans. They had a silicone muffin pan but it holds 12 muffins and we want one that hold 6 muffins. That was ok we'll look in Walmart the next time we're there. The last stop was Sinclair to fill up the Minnie with fuel. Now we're all set for awhile. 

Running errands

When we got to Frisco Larry had to take two traffic circles. He had to do this both directions. They're a little scary because they have two lanes and sometimes when you're in the outer lane and as soon as you exit the circle you may need to merge to the left. Larry does an excellent job of doing the circles with the Minnie. 

For dinner we barbecued hamburgers and had chips. 

Today I didn't do my evening walk because I was tired. I must be getting old because I remember when I use to do 24,000 to 28,000 steps per day. Nowadays I'm not doing 10,000 steps. When I'm on vacation I'll do a lot of steps. We hike in the morning for 3 to 5 miles so I end up doing 16,000 steps or more. I usually do a 3 mile walk in the evening, which give me 6,000 steps. At least I'm keeping a little active when I'm on vacation, which is good. Today I did 14,000 steps.

In the evening I played games and read.

I finished reading The Fives Wishes of Murray McBride. It was an excellent book. It had a surprising ending but it was excellent. Larry finished the book he started yesterday.

Relaxing with a book

 

I did the Daily Challenges of Solitaire and Mahjong from yesterday and today. I did the event, which was Two Game Tango Mini of 6 games (3 Klondike and 3 Free Cell). It took me 15 minutes and 25 seconds to complete, which put me in 12th place in my group. I played Angry Birds Friends. I didn't play Angry Birds 2 because I'm trying to conserve power. 

Sunset at Pine Cove Campground

  

   

  

Tuesday 9-1-26 New Month, Hiking, Camping, Frisco & More

 

Happy September

Happy September. Fall is just around the corner.

We had a gorgeous day with a lot of sunshine. The morning temperature was 43 degrees and the high was 68 degrees. The clouds rolled in and out a couple of times but it was mostly sunny.

We had an outstanding day of hiking, camping and visiting Frisco Colorado.

When Larry got up he turned on the Wave3 to get the chill out of the air. The temperature was perfect for sleeping. I rolled out of bed about 7:15 and got dressed. Then I made pancakes for breakfast.

After breakfast we got ready to go on a hike. We started our hike at 8:00 from the Minnie. We hiked four miles mainly on Perimeter Trail going the opposite direction from yesterday. We walked to the walk-in sites to get on Perimeter Trail. The trail took us along Dillon Lake shores to the marina or what is left of the marina. We hiked through trees and out in the open. The trail was easy to moderate. There were a lot of benches along the trail but they were wet from the rain last night. There were a few sailboats still in the marina area. They have a long walk to get to them, probably a half to a mile long. We saw a couple of bicyclists going to them. From where we were we saw a tractor with a boat trailer going to the boats. The driver backed the trailer for a bit then stop to check out how far he had to go to get to a small dock. We watched him for a little while. It looked like he was going to get a boat out of the lake. We took Perimeter Trail to Frisco Adventure Park. When we got to the park we got off the trail and walked around the park. Some areas were under construction. It was a super adventure park.

Pine Cove Campground from the Perimeter Trail

Sail Boats at the marina

Ski chair memorial for John H. Brewer on the trail

Tractor and boat trailer on the walkway to the sail boats

Frisco Adventure Park is a great facility with a lot of activities to do. We saw a couple of guys on the skateboard park. The summer activities are biking, skating, disc golf, hiking and running, horse-drawn chuck wagon rides and camping. The biking area consist of dirt jumps, a pump track, slopestyle, dual slalom courses and mountain bikes trails. The winter activities are snow tubing, skiing and snowboard (beginner skiing and snowboarding hill with surface lift), Nordic sports (27 km of cross-country ski trails and 8 km of snowshoe trails), sleigh rides (horse-drawn sleigh rides with dinner option) and sledding hills. It has a beautiful day lodge. 

Frisco Adventure Park Day Lodge

Skateboard Park

Surface lift 

Nordic Center

Pump Track

Horses/Mules for the chuckwagon rides

After walking around Frisco Adventure Park we got back on our hiking track. We took the Phat Loop Trail for a half mile until it intersect with Peak One Trail. We saw a couple of runners on the trail when we were hiking. It was a great hike. 

After lunch we rode the motorcycle three miles to Frisco. It's a cute touristy town with a lot of shops, restaurants and espressos. 

Larry parked the motorcycle at the Frisco Historic Park and Museum. It is a gorgeous facility and well kept up. The gentleman, who greeted us was very friendly. He explained there were nine structure around the park, which tell the history of Frisco. We walked around the park and the structures were very well maintained. The museum was in the old schoolhouse (Circa 1899 Schoolhouse). We had a great time walking around and facility and learning about the history of Frisco. The trees were wrapped in fabric art from local artist. The buildings we walked through were Frank & Anne Ruth House (Circa 1890), Frisco Jail (Circa 1831), Niemoth Cabin (Circa 1931), Spring House (Circa 1900), Wood's Cabin (Circa 1860), Prestrud/Staley House (Circa 1899), Well House, Log Chapel (Circa 1943) and Bill's Ranch House (Circa 1890). There was a cute sculpture of a Native-American girl and a Bear and a tee-pee. There was a covered stage area and a few picnic tables for people to enjoy the park. Frank & Anne Ruth House was about the how Anne Ruth fought for Women Rights. You can dress up in different hats and clothes, that were wore in that era. Wood's Cabin had displays of the general store. The other buildings had displays inside about the history of Frisco and how the people lived and survived during that era. The Prestrud/Staley House is a house where two families lived together. We had a great experience. 

Frisco Historic Park & Museum

Sandy Hayward Needle & Wet Felting and Pat Larson Quilt 

Historic Museum entrance (1899 Schoolhouse)

Standing in front of my house (Frank & Anne Ruth House 1990)

Ruth House entrance

Frisco Jail (1831)

Niemoth Cabin (1931)

Bear and Native-American girl

 

After doing the self-tour of the Historic Museum we got back on the motorcycle and rode it to the Frisco Park. It was a small beautiful park with a few sculptures. One sculpture was "Ski For Light, Art For Sight" has two cross-country skiers portrays a sighted cross-country skier leading a visual impaired skier. There was a plaque explaining history of this event, which started in 1963. This event gives thousands of visually impaired people a chance to ski. They still have this event every year around the United States. Another sculpture was big horn sheep. After walking around the park we crossed the street to have ice cream at Abbey's Coffee. We shared two scoops of ice cream (strawberry cheesecake and butter pecan). Then we walked back to the motorcycle and drove back to the campground.

"Ski For Light, Art For Sight" by William Barth Osmundsen

Frisco Park sign

Abbey's Coffee Sign

Strawberry Cheesecake and Butter Pecan ice cream

When we got back we visited with our neighbor from Kansas. We had left overs for dinner.

In the evening we read. I did a two mile walk around Peak One Campground.

I played the daily event, which was Event: Free Cell Adventure of 20 games. It took me 2 hours, 3 minutes and 7 seconds to complete, which put me in 9th place in my group. I ended up doing 16,500 steps. 

We had a super day.              

Monday 8-31-26 Rainy Night, Hiking, Camping & Having Fun

 

Hiking through the Aspens

We had a great day.

It was overcast all day. At 4:30 the rain came and stayed around all night. The morning temperature was a cool 42 degrees and the high was 66 degrees. When the rain came in it dropped the temperature to 51 degrees.

Yesterday, while we were at Walmart we bought powder milk. Larry suggested we have apple cinnamon muffins in the morning. They're in a pouch you just have to add milk, that's why we bought the powder milk. We needed a half a cup of the milk to make the muffins. Larry and I worked together to figure out how much of the powder milk we needed. The box had three pouches and each pouch made one quarte of milk. It took us awhile but we figured we needed 1.5 tablespoons of the powder and half a cup of water to make half a cup of milk. I made the milk and let it set overnight. 

This morning Larry woke up his normal time and did his morning routine. I woke up at 7:15 to make the muffins because it takes 12-14 minutes to bake them. I had greased the muffin pan last night. This morning I just had to heat up the oven, mix the batter, fill the pan 2/3 full and bake them.  Our oven in the Minnie can be challenging. The package recommended to bake the muffins at 400 degrees but I baked them at 375 degrees for 12 minutes. The muffins tasted good except the bottom and the sides were a little over cooked but the center was very fluffy. 

After breakfast we went on a 5 mile hike. We started on our hike at 8:20 am, we usually get going by 8:00 am. The muffins took too long to bake. That was ok. We mainly hiked the Perimeter Trail for 4 miles and the last mile we took the Phat Loop for a half mile and the Peak One Campground trail to Pine Cove Campground for a half mile. We picked up the Perimeter Trail at the campground. The trail took us along the shores of Lake Dillon. At the beginning of our hike we met a gentleman and his dog. The dog let Larry pet her but she wasn't sure about me. She wasn't growling but she really didn't want me to pet her. We saw a couple of single skull rowers and a double person skull in the lake. We also saw a lot of Canadian geese swimming and a mother goose and her babies. The first single skull rower talked to the mother and her babies to get out of the way. She didn't want to hit them with her oar. It was nice to see people use the lake even though it's very low. We were about a mile into the hike when Ron texted Larry. Larry texted him back and said he had some time to chat. Ron just wanted to let Larry know where he was and that he tried one more thing on his generator. His generator is now working great. They figured it was bad gas and he also is 2,000 feet lower in elevation. Ron was one happy man and now he can relax and not worry about the generator. Once Larry hung up the phone we were back doing our hike. The perimeter trail goes for 6 miles but we only did four miles of it. We saw two gentlemen on the perimeter trail. One was going the same way as we were going. He had a bell, he rung to let us know he was behind us. We thanked him, that way we could get out of his way. The other one was coming towards us so we could see him. We also saw other bicyclists on a paved trail. that was outside the national forest. We rested a few time by stopping, there weren't any benches. The trail took us through the forest and out in the open. It was a great trail and didn't have a lot of inclines. It had some switchbacks to get us up a hill. After the switchbacks we came into a grove of beautiful aspens. We had hiked over three miles and came to the part of the trail, that turned to take us back to the campground. Before we turned we found a log to rest on. After our rest we continued our hike. As we hiked we saw a construction machine that is used to thin out the forest by cutting down trees. While we hiked we had noticed some trees were recently cut down. W figured this is how they help prevent forest fires in White River National Forest. We saw a beautiful woodpecker. The paved bicycle trail took us to the parking lot for the trails. When we got there we saw a group of six bikers just getting started. This is where we picked up the phat loop trail, which started our hike back to the Minnie. The hike was outstanding.

Dillon Lake

Dillon Lake and the hiking trail

A single lady rowing a skull

Woodpecker 

Tractor trimming the forest by cutting down trees

 By the time we got back it was time for lunch. Larry setup the solar panels and was pleasantly surprised they were putting out as much as they were because there was very little sun. We rested a bit and then had sandwiches for lunch. 

After lunch Larry asked Google: What causes muffins to burn on the bottom and sides and yet be cooked perfectly? It said the pan could cause the problem. If you have a dark pan it cooks faster. It also could be the oven temperature was too hot. I figured because I've had problems before, that the next time I'll bake them at 350 degrees instead of 375 degrees. The next time we're in Walmart I'll look for either a light colored pan or a silicone muffin pan instead of the dark metal pan I have.

I did the Daily Challenges of Solitaire and Mahjong. The event was Event: Tri Peaks Mini of 5 games. It took me 11 minutes and 20 seconds to complete, which put me in 29th place in my group. I played Angry Birds Friends and Angry Birds 2.

After playing games I continued reading The Five Wishes of Murray McBride. While I did my thing Larry read.

        Reading is fun

At 4:30 the rain came in so we didn't go on our evening walk. We saw a group of high school children jogging on the trail threw the campground in the rain. We stayed in the Minnie reading. Larry finished his book and will start another tomorrow. I ended up doing 13,000 steps.

Sunday 8-30-26 New Campground, New Forest & Errands

 

A cute sign about not littering in the campgrounds

I thought you may like to read this cute sign at our campground. I hope you had a great Sunday. 

We woke up to a brisk 43 degrees in Leadville CO and the high was 63 degrees in Frisco CO. It was overcast all day. About 4:00 pm the wind came up and rocked the Minnie. When Larry went to bed at 9:00 pm it sprinkled a little bit. It suppose to be the same tomorrow..

We were in Matchless Campground for the last week with no hook-ups but with our solar panels we got by just fine. We have moved to Pine Cove Campground, not sure how long we will be here but we might stay a week. It's suppose to be overcast for a couple of days, which means I'll have to conserve how much power I use.

This morning Larry slept in a little bit and woke up about 6:30 am. I woke up about 7:15 am. I woke up at 4:30 am to go to the restroom but I went back to bed. We weren't going too far so we weren't in any hurry to leave. The check-out time is 12:00 pm and the check-in time is 2:00 pm. When we are going to move on we get up and put things away and get ready to go. We have a quick breakfast ( coffee cakes and shake). Then if needed we do a dumpster run, I did it last night. We visited with Ron for a little while, he's also moving on today. We were on the road by 9:00 am.

Our next destination was 45 miles down the road at Frisco, Co. to White River National Forest. It has two campgrounds, Peak One and Pine Cove. Peak One has three loops and uses reservations. Pine Cove is first come first serve. We're staying in Pine Cove. It's setup like the overflow campground at Matchless, except it has a fire ring, grill and picnic table. There's a burn ban at White River National Forest due to the forest fires. We were surprised Matchless didn't have one because a few weeks ago there was a bad fire very close to the campground. They had to not only evacuate the campgrounds but some of the nearby housing. The National Fish Hatchery is still closed. Due to the smoke we didn't think we would be able to come here, fortunately they got some rain which put out the fire and the smoke was gone.

Our drive today was on a two lane scenic highway through the mountains called Scenic Highway 91. It was a beautiful drive. As we drove we saw the Aspens starting to change to the Fall colors. We drove through Leadville to Silverthorne. Silverthorne is a few miles from Frisco. We parked the Minnie in a parking lot very close to the Visitor Center and Recreation Center. Before going to the recreation center Larry checked his air pressure censor because one of them wasn't working. He was happy the sensor was still there he just had to replace the battery. Now it works, he has batteries for the other tires sensors if he needs them. After doing this five minutes project we walked over to the recreation center to take showers, they cost $8.00 each but are an unlimited amount of time, the shower rooms are private and very nice, they even provide soap.

Once we finished showering we stopped by the Walmart in Frisco to pick up a few things we were getting low on. After putting the items away we walked over to NAPA Auto & Truck Parts store to replace the clamps Larry used the other day when working on Ron's generator. While there he asked if they had an extension he needed but they didn't have the right one. After buying the clamps we walked back to the Minnie.

We drove further down the road to the county RV Dump Station. We didn't have to dump the tanks but we were getting a little low on fresh water. We were surprised there was no one at the dump so we dumped the tanks and filled the water tanks. It cost $10 dollar to dump and the water was free. We got there just in time because a couple other RVs ended up waiting for us to finish.

Afterwards we went to the campground. We arrived at the campground at 1:00 pm. It was very busy, they had a big bicycle event going on at the Frisco Adventure Park, which is located by the campground. The event was the Colorado High School MTB League Race #1, the Frisco Bay Invitational Race. The event took place August 29th to August 30th. We saw a lot of bicyclists at the park. We turned around in the park and went back to the campground. We were surprised to see the event considering we didn't know it was going on. We had no problem finding a site we took site #1. This is the first time we have been here so it's exciting.

Minnie at our site

A beautiful mountain range

We'll probably stay about a week because there are a lot of  trails here and around the area. Once we setup the Minnie we paid for three nights to start with. They don't have running water bathrooms but they have vault toilets and water by the bathrooms. Our site should be looking over Dillon Reservoir but it's almost empty. There is a boat ramp right beside us but it is closed because there is no water. Our site is very nice.

New campground and new National Forest

Dillon Reservoir

After dinner we walked around Peak One Campground three loops of 2 miles. This campground has very nice sites but how we travel we don't make reservations. The roads are paved through out the campground and they have running water restrooms. It was a nice walk.

I played my Daily Challenges of Solitaire and Mahjong. The event was Event: Spider Adventure of 20 games. It took me 3 hours and 7 minutes to complete, which put me in 10th place in my group. Today I didn't play Angry Birds Friends or Angry Birds 2.

By the end of the day I had done 10,000 steps.

         

Saturday 8-29-26 Hiking, Camping, Reading & Games

 

Matchless Campground and Turquois Lake

We have been at Matchless for a week and tomorrow we're moving on. The mornings have been brisk with the temperatures in the mid 30's and mid 40's and high temperatures were in the low to mid 70's. We did four hikes for a total of 13.5 miles and walked for 27.5 miles. We had great weather and helped a very nice gentleman (Ron) from Tucson. 

Today was a little cooler the morning temperature was 47 and the high temperature was 68 degrees. We had sunshine on and off so we got plenty of solar to charge our batteries. 

I crawled out of bed at 7:15 am and got dressed. Then I made pancakes for breakfast. After breakfast we got ready for a hike. We did an easy hike because my right knee was bugging be a bit. We hiked 3 miles for two hours on three trails, which were Turquois Lake, Nature and Fallen Tree. We started from the Minnie, walked to the overflow campground and picked up Turquois Lake Trail. We hiked it for about a half mile to the Nature Trail. We hiked the Nature Trail for another half mile, where it met up with Fallen Tree Trail. We hiked Fallen Tree Trail Loop, which was 1.5 miles. The trails took us through the trees along the banks of the lake. We hiked up and down small hills. We hiked by a small campground, a maintenance building and an old holding pond for the dump. They don't have the dump any more. As we hiked we noticed that the Fallen Tree Trail had been raked. We figured it was because of the run they had last weekend. While hiking back to the Minnie on Turquois Lake Trail we saw five bicyclists (two men and three women) and a woman jogger. The bicyclists were very courteous by saying how many cyclists there were in their group. We saw the woman jogging through out the hike, she was jogging Fallen Tree Trail. We had a super hike.

Turquois Lake Trail

When we passed by Ron's rig he was trying one more thing with his generator. Larry stopped to see what was going on. Ron had the generator running but it is not perfect. At least it's idling better. Larry visited with Ron for a bit. Larry gave Ron some suggestions on where to go considering this is Ron's first ever camping trip.

I played games while Larry visited with Ron. I did the Daily Challenges of Solitaire and Mahjong. The event was Event: World Tour Mini of 10 games. It took me 42 minutes and 23 seconds to complete, which put me in 18th place in my group. I played Angry Birds Friends and Angry Birds 2.

I continued reading  The Five Wishes of Mr. Murray McBride by Joe Siple. 

Relaxing with a book

We had chili and corn chips for dinner. After dinner we went on an hour walk for 3 miles. We walked around Silver Dollar Campground and Matchless Campground once. Larry walked with me the first two miles, which was Silver Dollar Campground. We had a very nice walk.

By the end of the day I did 16,000 steps. 

   

           

Friday 8-28-26 Neighbors Generator Project, Camping, Walking & More

 

Rocky Mountains and Turquois Lake

We had another gorgeous day. The morning temperature was 38 degrees and high temperature of 73 degrees. We had high clouds most of the day. 

I woke up about 7:30 and got dressed. Then I made maple and brown sugar oatmeal for breakfast. After breakfast Larry went next door to help Ron with his generator. He was gone all day. First of all they worked on the fuel, they drained the fuel and checked out the tank. They found that the fuel filter had fallen in the tank, they fished it out. They decided to replace the fuel line and add a inline fuel filter. They took a little rest. Ron had to go to town to chase down the line filter, fuel line and clamps for the line. Larry came home to visit with me. When Ron came back it was lunchtime so they decided to take a lunch break. After lunch Larry went back over to the rig to work on the generator. Ace Hardware really didn't have the right stuff but they made the line work, however the clamps were too big so they used some clamps Larry had. They got the generator running but when you put a load on it, it stops. Next thing to work on was the carburetor. They got the carburetor back together and back in the generator. It still wasn't running good but it was running. Larry had told Ron he thought they had fixed the fuel problems and now the issue was due to how high we are in elevation, it causes the engine to run to rich. Ron called the service place and they weren't any help. Larry told him he didn't know what else to do. He also told Ron it may run great at a lower elevation. Ron was very grateful that Larry helped him. At least it will now run and idle. Ron did a great job of building a hoist for the generator where they could move the generator around. It worked great.

Ron's generator

While Larry was helping Ron I read and played games.

I did the Daily Challenges of Solitaire and Mahjong. The event was Event: Easy Street Mini of 15 games. It took me 30 minutes and 6 seconds to complete, which put me in 11th place in my group. I played Angry Birds Friends and Angry Birds 2.

I finished reading The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro. It was a great novel. We had watched the 1993 movie starring Anthony Hopkins and Emma Thompson. We liked the movie. When Larry finished his project with Ron I asked him to choose another book for me. He said I would enjoy reading The Five Wishes of Mr. Murray McBride by Joe Siple. It's about a lonely 100 year old man, Mr. Murray McBride, who out lived everyone he loved. I started reading it.

Relax with a good book

I did two walks. First was an afternoon walk for an hour and fifteen minutes for 3.25 miles. I walked around Silver Dollar Campground's loops twice. The second was in the evening after dinner. I walked around Silver Dollar Campground's loops once and Matchless Campground and Overflow Campground once. While walking around I said hi to the other campers and met a dog. I walked for an hour and 10 minutes for 3 miles. By the end of the day I had 16,000 steps, which is 7.5 miles.

A squirrel I saw during the evening walk

When I got home I baked sugar cookies. I gave a few to our neighbor ladies. They thanked me. 

We had a great day at Matchless Campground.