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Bonanza Inn, Raking Cacti, Colorado Thunderstorm

We had a very comfortable first night at the Bonanza Inn, though I would have stayed in bed much longer had it not been for the delicious breakfast waiting for us at 8 A.M-sure was good though-sausage patties, a home made quiche of some kind with veggies and sausage, a cake of some kind that reminded me of blueberry muffins and orange juice.  There were also individual sized boxes of cereal, but the hot breakfast was more than enough.

We followed Mom & Bruce to their property for a few hours of hard labor. We helped rake up cacti, shovel dirt and rocks, and did our best to help level a 12′x20′ section of land for their new shed.

We were treated to our first Colorado thunderstorm and called it quits on the work and got to take some nice pictures of the storm instead. We also breaked for lunch to munch on huge raspberries, blueberries, cherries, Snyder Beef Jerkey, cheese and crackers.

All in all a pretty good day. We also stopped at the Orient Land Trust Hot Springs to get some information-and when they say “clothing optional” let me tell ya, they mean clothing OPTIONAL   One elderly member of our party had quite the little shock as we toured the place when a fully naked man stood up as she came into view, followed by an equally nude middle aged woman.  She was very embarassed, but a good sport, and we all had fun teasing her about it the rest of the day.  Chris & I plan to go there tomorrow.

We had a luxurious 7 course meal for 9 people in an Itasca RV at the Bonanza Inn campground. It was quite the accomplishment, wish I had a picture to prove it!  We had fun listening to stories while nibbling fresh stream trout, rhubarb pie, and other goodies.  One woman, who would prefer to remain anonymous, was ratted out for a time when she was determined to complete a Sudoku puzzle that was supposed to be easy.  She traced the whole puzzle onto a sheet of paper using a pencil, hours went by and she was getting frazzled because she still had not solved this puzzle that was supposed to be “easy!” Finally, she looks at the original and realizes she’s been erasing the “given” numbers- who knows how many times-no wonder she hadn’t been able to solve it!  We had a good laugh at her expense, but her perseverence is admirable

It was also funny to hear a story of how one woman got her husband to do all the grocery shopping.  She went to the store armed with a pile of coupons and a list of all the sale items…but it somehow slipped her mind to give the coupons to the checkout girl. When she got home and her husband saw the receipt, he was horrified-it was so much more expensive because she had picked out all the odd sizes that were on sale.  Anyway, in the dispute that followed, she dared him to go do the grocery shopping himself then if he thought he could do it better-well he saw it as a challenge and from then on, that’s what he did!