October 23 Montrose, CO

Joyce and Joel invited us to eat breakfast with them at the school this morning. Monument Valley Mission School is a self supporting school for the Indians. This school has a program where they feed breakfast and lunch to the students. Joyce and her daughter are doing the cooking. It was a very healthy, nutritious breakfast and good besides. We got to visit with Joyce and Joel awhile before Joyce had to go teach the kindergarten class. Joel then showed us the new clinic that he and his son are building. It should be done by the time we come back in the spring, I think.

The hogan is on the school property. The buggy Joel refurbished and uses for rides.

Jim choose a new short cut that he wanted to try, to get back to
Colorado. This is the LAST time he gets to choose a short cut. The scenery was beautiful. The road was treacherous. The roads were narrow, with no shoulders and with drop offs. It wasn't particularly fun! There were several 6%, 8% and even 10% grades gong up and down those mountain roads. Even Jim knows he doesn't want to make that trip in a semi again.

Especially when we were in Utah, the view was wonderful. I have pictures to prove it. It's amazing to see rock mountains rise up out of no where, with flat land all around them. There are so many shapes and sizes. Cool!

In Colorado we saw snow on the mountains. And in once place there was snow within 50 feet of the road. But none on the road, for which we're thankful.

We saw a herd of deer in one field and a flock of wild turkeys in the next.

It's been a wonderful day enjoying God's nature and a horrible day of man-made mountain roads.

Jim got a call today that his cousin's husband died today. Harvey was a wonderful, funny man. It's sad to know he's gone. We'll miss him.

And probably the most disgusting thing happened tonight. Jim went to empty the sewer and it just kind of exploded - all over. It took about an hour to clean that, then Jim had to shower and I had laundry to do. No way was I going to let those clothes be in the truck over night.

Oh no! another disgusting moment - - - there's a skunk outside, the little stinker!

On that thought, I'll quit for the night so we can have sweet dreams.