The Rockies

The drive from SD to Loveland,Co, was uneventful. We went south through Nebraska into Colorado and then east. Lots of flat and open. We were hoping to get that great view of the mountains on the way in, but later in the day storm clouds rise over the mountains and they completely covered the view. We set up in our RV park and quickly found that our cell phones have no signal here. ( They pick up about 3 miles east) Our site backs up to the Big Thompson River, site of a tragic flash flood in the '70's. Very comforting.
We turned on our GPS tracker, plugged in Carl and Marion's address and took off. Their home is only five minutes east of here. We're just catching their two daughters, Jessica and Amy, who are both leaving for mission work early next week. Jessica is going to the Azores and Amy is going to Uganda. Kevin came over and we all enjoyed a hearty minestrone soup that Marion made. We took a walk up the street to a local sculpture park. Loveland puts 1% of their budget to parks and the arts and you can't believe the place . About 75 bronze sculptures set in a well thought out surrounding. Once again, property taxes are very low, about $1300 for a home that would pay $10,000 in Jefferson, NJ.