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Restaurants, Travels

A Day of Food and Company

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A nice day, rain in the morning and a trip to Gunnison for laundry, groceries, lunch and whatnot. On the way out of town, I saw a car at the yellow cabin, so we reversed and found out that my cousin from Oklahoma City and her significant other had arrived. We are so glad to see them. We made sure she knew that there was another town dinner at the Kubiak’s that night and that they were invited. Then after spending a long time on the road talking, we took of for Gunnie.

After the chores were completed, we stopped for lunch at The Alpine High Brewery and let me tell you, that if you are ever in Gunnison, this a definite place to stop and eat. We did not have any of the brews, but we shared three plates. First, we had a chartucuerie plate that included a garlic salami, excellent ham, duck rillette, a goat white cheddar, a raspberry white cheese, figs, sun dried tomatoes, artichokes, a cranberry compote nuts and dried berries. You probably won’t get this exact plate because it changes according to what they have, but definitely a great share. The second plate was their sausage special of the day. It included their homemade mustard, homemade sauerkraut and two grilled, sliced sausages. Their house sausage was a pink color and very flavorful. The other was a pheasant, goat and apricot sausage that was equally delicious. Our third plate, on the strong recommendation of my nephew, was their Fig and Pig pizza with figs, prosciutto, arugula and a basaltic drizzle on a thin, crispy, but still chewy crust. Mmmm! Go ahead, put this in your list of someday, when I am in the area. You will be happy.

That evening was filled with more great food made by Jen (chicken marsala, parsley noodles, fruit salad),good company and great conversations. All around a long table created from multiple tables down the middle of the living room. We found out that one of our neighbors, who I had not known, had been an actress. My nephew told that he had begun watching the “Dick Van Dyke” show with his great aunt while spending time with her. He was surprised and pleased at how much he enjoyed it and how good it was. Our neighbor informed us that she had been on his next show—Diagnosis Murder—but only as a victim, not recurring, and that it had been fun to be on set. Another neighbor was heading back to British Columbia for the start of school. She was getting one new class, Textiles, for which she was developing the curriculum. We talked and brainstormed ideas that she might be able to use, of course, there were more developed than anyone could use, but it was fun to be back thinking in those terms.

Kathy
Day 6

Restaurants, Travels

First Leg of Travel is Coming to an End

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When we left California, there was lots of smoke in the air, and we expected that because of the local fires. However, the skies were hazy with smoke in Nevada, Utah and Colorado. The three Utah fires affected it, but so did the Northern California ones. Colorado also has fires, but I don’t think any down in the area we were in (at least currently). We could not see the Rocky Mountains until we were in Ridgeway – and Ridgeway is in the mountains. Anyone with asthma should not vacation here right now.

We stopped for lunch at an old family favorite in Green River – The Tamarisk – where Flanagans have been getting their chicken fried steak for over 60 years (probably the restaurant has changed names in that time). My bite was delightful, as was my BLT on homemade bread. Brid enjoyed her green chili burger a lot. We all had local watermelon for our side; then as we left town we stopped at one of the grower’s trucks to bring a watermelon and casaba to Colorado.

On our way to. Montrose, we texted our nephew and his wife (Casey and Sarah); so they and their darling boys met us at the motel for visiting and an attempt at swimming in the pool. But it was SO cold, only the six year old could play in it and he kept going in and out of it. There is a nice picnic area at the Red Arrow Inn with a very good Mexican restaurant next door. We ordered a mixture of soft tacos, beans and rice…and, of course chicken strips and fries for the little ones. However, after munching what they wanted they started demanding rice and beans off their father’s plate. The eighteen month old never stopped running which meant someone had to run after or with him all the time. He has no fear and even if he falls, stops crying quickly so he can go again.

Today, we had breakfast and drove down to their town of Ridgeway and were surprised because Casey was free to join us (his worker called in sick and he could not do the construction job on his own). Yeah! We went to check out his shop: San Juan Marble and Granite. It is small, but effective. He has an old forklift for carrying things around, but the boys found it much more fun. Lots of horn beeping and imaginary driving. As we were leaving, his neighbor came out and we got to see a Grammy in the making. Yep, the Grammy statutes are made in a small American shop in Colorado. It was cool. After the hungry ones ate brunch, we went on a scenic drive into the National Forest to Silver Jake Reservoir. We passed some sculpted mountains named Courthouse Rock and Chimney Rock. It was our first “jeep trip” of our vacation and we had not even unloaded the car!

Then we went our different ways and are now in Gunnison, with Brid buying some groceries and the person who has difficulty walking writing up what has happened. We will be at the cabin where there is no Internet, but will keep up the blog whenever we can. I will try to add some of the photos, but I must learn how to add more than one featured one.

Kathy
Days 2 and 3