crEasing into Retirement: May 2019

Saturday, May 4, 2019

Final Leg of the Trip Back Home or Geocaching

We spent some time (2 nights) in Loveland on our trip back to SD. We had some major geocaching on the agenda and friends to share the adventure. Hubby had found seven highly favored geocaches in the Loveland area. Terry and Jane were our hosts for the day.

We drove to a farm in the country for the first geocache. An old grain bin?????

rusty grain bin

sitting in a lawn chair on the dirt floor

a dressed mannequin holding an ammo can

Very Cool & Unique!

and a tad creepy!

Then we drove around town checking out utility posts

and birdhouses in alleys

And a cemetery

killed by lightning while on a cattle drive

also killed by lightning

and a very large tree, the Liberty Tree,

next to a Walgreens

and we happened upon an Easter egg hunt

on a church school lawn

We attended a 6:30 AM coffee geocaching meet and greet on Monday morning in Loveland before continuing the journey home. It was very interesting because the two men at the meet and greet were traveling to northeast South Dakota the following weekend to geocache. So we gave them some pointers about what to expect after the recent 27 inches of snow.

We did a quick stop in Cheyenne for a history lesson

and visited the airport

interesting art at the gas station

We were home by 9:05 Monday night, in time to watch Bull. The unloading waited until the next day. It was good to be HOME!

And because I like to wrap up loose ends...

New Mexico map BEFORE

New Mexico map AFTER

6 more counties completed

11 to go

I guess it is a good thing we often drive thru NM coming or going...

Friday, May 3, 2019

Miss W Is Nine!

Our first weekend back home was the Easter weekend. The G'Kids did not have school on Thursday or Friday, so they hung out at our house on Friday and Saturday. Family celebrated Miss W's birthday on Saturday and the family gathered again on Easter Sunday for a fabulous dinner.

Baking birthday cupcakes...