Saturday Road Trip

heading out of Dumas today, got the sun coming up on the old Art Deco high school building

after meeting Melissa at the diner for breakfast, I'd packed up with Evan and hit the road.

Here's what you missed:

75 miles later, crossing into New Mexico, for 128 more miles

stop in at Sierra Grande reststop

 

Evan, smile for the camera!

there's the 128th mile of NM. Start the counter over at 1. 

We're going to mile 199 in Colorado.

Trinidad in the rearview

someone's been messing with the Hostess truck!

Stopped in to Mom and Dad's so Evan could meet Regal.

He didn't bolt but he wasn't too sure about this really huge, weird smelling cat that invaded his space.

only traffic all day, the last hour, between Colorado Springs and Denver... in the rain

Castle Rock

back to a beautiful 66° at 4 in the afternoon!

Last Day in Dumas

Friday's sunrise

Friday's lunch, after Bob Sr.'s appointment

Waiting at Nell's appointment

grass fire on the way back to Dumas

and Evan knows it's almost time to go home!

Dumas Phone Photos, week 2

the skies as we drove to Amarillo on Tuesday

Tuesday late afternoon, before the tsunami winds showed up

Watching the sun rise on Wednesday

on our walk Wednesday . . . filed under things you do not have in Colorado 

Albert's is a mainstay in the center of town. We usually do breakfast here some time over the Thanksgiving break, but this time I got to try their homemade pie! (Lemon cream)

Today, Evan and I spent a couple of hours perusing the cemetery in town, right next to the train tracks. These were the only live flowers in the whole place (some 3000 graves)

Train passing in the background.

lots of planters blown over from the ever present wind on the panhandle plains

The oldest grave I could spot was 1902. The town was incorporated a decade earlier.

a couple of Woodmen tombstones from the Depression era

pretty recent one (no tombstone yet) covered in white rock and marked with a fishing pole

sharing a Coke with Alejandro. I think the sharer could've had a bit more.

same row

Graves.

where to next?

We hit up the big park in town before going home for lunch.

hope you didn't want to know about the plane...

Moore County Veterans Memorial is here.

And the carnival is town! Closed during the weekday morning hours

The park is really nice for such a small town. 

Tons of play spaces, equipment, sand boxes, swings, etc.

I imagine the pool is a pretty hopping place come summer.

and please don't miss the expert placement of the Lions Club sticker.

Back to Amarillo tomorrow for dual appointments.

Home to Colorado Saturday.

PowerPuff Girls!

A little blast from the past this Saturday morning. 

Cartoon Network is relaunching the PowerPuff Girls cartoon this month and in celebration, you can PowerPuff Yourself!

https://www.powerpuffyourself.com

this was a staple in our house circa 1999.

Sam was 4 and this was RIGHT up her alley. 

To my dismay, her favorite was Bubbles, despite all my efforts to sway her to the dark side and adopt Buttercup as her icon, but no dice. Bubbles is the "sugar", Buttercup is the "spice". C'mon. 

Please note, only Buttercup gets to shed blood at :54.

Her fifth birthday party was, by her selection, PowerPuff Girls themed.

You can also spot the homemade Pin the Turban on MoJo JoJo game we had in the background!

ah, memories.

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