Getting away

Well, we almost made it out of our studio before the maid started rapping on the door BEFORE 10:00 a.m. I was up before 7:00 and I debated how long to let Don sleep. I checked email/weather, quietly gathered my leftover stuff, quietly put their stuff back where it had been, etc. Finally, closer to 8:30 I panicked and opened the drapes and the curtains, admired the beautiful mountains with morning lighting and more rock/less snow, and noisily got the kitchen ready for Don to make breakfast (he always does such a wonderful job). Luckily he woke up by then. We did manage to finish off the Spam, baked beans, eggs, fresh pineapple, banana and juice.

Then the race to finish the coffee, load the dishwasher, gather the sheets/towels, pack remaining stuff, check all the cupboards, FIND A CART (not!)... and we were out at 9:55 a.m. Moving bags and more bags in stages to the elevator. Thank goodness we had loaded the car with the really big, heavy bags the day before. Eventually we did find a cart and found ourselves in our loaded Subaru heading down the mountain for the last time.

Maybe next time we should do Hawaii. Far fewer clothes needed (but then snorkel gear, maybe scuba stuff for Don, etc.)

Anyway, we're off the mountain. This is our UTAH trip, so we need to do Utah, which means AVOID the freeways.

We did. We made it all the way to Gunnison by 4:00 p.m. (according to mapquest, 114 miles, 1 hour 52 minutes). We do enjoy the small towns - walking the street of downtown, window shopping the closed stores, seeing how people live off the main drag. The variety of housing is remarkable - tiny little houses with yards decorated with children's toys, then HUGE McMansions - 3-story, 3-car garages, huge yards with large RV close by.