Sunday 8-27 Arrived at Fun Valley

We have arrived at Fun Valley Resort

When I went to bed last night the voltage of the Minnie was at 11.5 and I told Larry, he was concerned that the refrigerator would stop running. He checked it out and then went back to bed. By morning the voltage was at 11.2 and the refrigerator was still running. Then I turned on the pump to use the bathroom and it didn't sound good so I turned it off, that drove the voltage down to 10.2. Larry hooked up his  CPAP battery backup and the voltage went up a little so Larry figured out disconnecting the radio yesterday didn't solve our voltage problem. After we had breakfast we straighten up the Minnie and decided to go to town to buy a new battery. The closest place to buy a battery was in Alamosa which was 50 miles away so off to Alamosa we went. Larry called O'Reilly and asked what batteries they had in stock, then he called Auto Zone. Auto Zone had what he wanted, after buying the battery Larry installed it and we were back in business. We had purchased the old battery eight years ago in Wyoming.

We arrived at Fun Valley Resort in South Fork, Colorado around 11:30. It has a lot of activities available for their guests to participate in. The week we're going to be here we are square dancing every evening and workshops every morning and afternoon except Wednesday. Other activities we can participate in are fishing, paddle boat, miniature golf and polish horseshoe.

Larry paid for a package deal that includes meals. Today we get a welcome dinner and Saturday there is a good-bye breakfast. All meals are served in a dining hall and are buffet style.

Once we were settled in for the week we had lunch.  After lunch we walked to the bathrooms and took a shower. Fun Valley has two sections, one is close to the square dancing hall and the other one is on the other side of the river via a wooden bridge. We're staying by the hall. The showers are in the other section with the bridge. The bridge is made for both vehicles and people. It was a very nice walk and the showers were clean and very well maintained.

The shower building at Fun Valley

The river that flows through Fun Valley

Camping at Fun Valley

In the evening we went to the welcome dinner, since the meals are buffets you have to watch how much you eat because you can over eat. During dinner we visited with friends we hadn't danced with in a long time. The square dancing staff explained the schedule for the week. We had some disappointing news that Bear Miller couldn't be here this week because of health problems. We were looking forward to dancing to him. But good news is that Ken Bower, who was here last week agreed to stay on for a couple of days to help Brad Caldwell out.

After dinner we rested for an hour or so and then went to the hall for the opening dance. There were prerounds and a two hour dance. There were eight squares and some round dancers. I don't know how to round dance but Howard and Betty asked me to dance with them one song. Jerry asked me to dance another song. Brad and Ken called the dance and Jerry and Lucy Pate cued the round dancing. After the dance there was a after party where cheese, crackers, peanut butter and sodas were served. While the snacks were being served Brad called an Advanced tip, there were enough people to have two squares. When the A tip was over we went and got some snacks. Then the staff did a couple of skits. We had a fun night of dancing.

Friends round dancing to Lucy Pate

Our friends Betty and Howard dancing to Lucy cung