Brooke and Johnny

So as we were driving into Colorado we suddenly hit a heavy windstorm blowing sleet. Brooke welcomed us into her lovely home. That's the second time she's rescued me from the rain. Last time I was camping in Big Sur in the pouring rain and she lived in Monterey at the time. Her house was beautiful along with her neighborhood. We showered and changed our clothes, it had been a while since doing either. We went out for dinner at a delicious Mexican food restaurant where we once again were not allowed to buy dinner despite trying. My Aunt Jackie's line of children are all extremely generous. I tried Sopapia (spell check) which was basically a churro filled with air and it was really good.

Brooke had to get some milk so we stopped at Target which happened to be near where Brooke's sister, my cousin Loye was working. We stopped in and said hello. It was nice to see her. Apart from Jackie, I think I saw everyone from that family this trip. They're conveniently located.

Back at Brooke's house I gave her a presentation of all our pictures from the trip. Johnny came home from work and showed us the batting cage he had built in their basement. Very cool.

The next morning we woke up to a snowy landscape. Tim's car was covered in snow, too bad we never bought that ice scrape. Our departure was delayed while we waited for conditions to improve. I had a blast sliding down the driveway on the ice. Tim was largely un-phased by the snow but I am always amazed by it. It was beautiful.