The Tree

Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving! Went to Mom & Dad's yesterday for lunch. Weather was great so we sat outside most of the afternoon.

Dinner with the Hunters

 

 

 

Bacon wrapped elk backstrap... Best way I've ever had elk.. yumm....

This week we had Hunters in town from WI. One is dating my best friend Lindsey, who they brought along. She & I had a great week together. The hunters got two bull elk while they were here. On Friday night before they left Grant made an awesome elk dinner that included pumpkin au gratin.

Beautiful Telluride

 

Yesterday we took a trip up to Telluride, CO. It is located right next to their ski area and even has ski lifts including a gondola that start in town. The colors were beautiful even though it was a little past peak. It has an elevation of 8,750, and has to be my new favorite town in Colorado.

 

 

Telluride has a free gondola from the downtown area up to Mountain Village. It is the only public transportation system of its kind in the US. Below is a picture of the downtown station where you board to go to Mountain Village.

 

 

Mountain Village was pretty awesome, with lots of shops, hotels, restaurants, and outdoor plazas. We sat at a café and had some drinks before we got back on the gondola and headed back downtown.

 

Ladybugs

Grant's parents have a greenhouse we had to water for them while they were away. They were having problems with bugs & got a bunch of ladybugs. I didn't know that they looked like this while they matured.

Carrot Harvest

Didn't do too many veggies this year but these carrots turned out nice & were very tasty. Found the red kuri squash (in the background) at the store, had never had it before. We roasted it & had it on mini whole wheat pizzas. Anyone else used them before?

Search for the Salamander..

Papa found a salamander in the pond earlier in the day. Clayton was very excited about finding it again & again. He had Grant in the pond searching. He was a little timid when it actually came to touching the thing.