Creede, fire, packrats, and wild mushrooms

A quick post before everyone arrives tomorrow. Sooo excited. We've been busy, here and there enjoying everything this magnificent area has to offer.

Visited Creede on what has been a once a year adventure. Fun little town with a nationally known performing theatre. We read about a crazy decades old restaurant/resort 20 miles out of town - Freemons.Wow, not to be missed. 1950 here we are. Old fashioned great hamburgers and ice cream (we only tried the hamburger this time, yum).

Mark is back at it, meaning burning woodpiles and fighting beavers. Wow, being a homeowner here seems  to require more physical labor than we expected.

All fine, no injuries and proper authorities called. Who knew rubber boots, rack, shovel, and gasoline were essentials around here.

Haying continues. It's monster business around here. Be careful truck drivers though, hay catches on fire easily, was behind one a while ago.

Went with friends Gail and Steve to Blackstock Bistro, another new place on the Gunnison scene. Verdict, food very good, quite LOUD though. Choose seating in the front.

wild chanterelle mushrooms

18 day dry aged beef

Special, special meal tonight. We had our first aged beef in over a year. Nothing you don't already know, beef is expensive these days and we need a big 'ole roast to age (at a reasonable price) which was  very hard to come by. Finally got it and the steak was fabulous but almost overshadowed by the magnificent chanterelle mushrooms provided by our friends Bunny and Walter. They are mushroom gatherers extraordinaire.Thank you for the special treat!

Crazy, snow on the peaks Aug 27!

Sidenote, we are minus one packrat so far. Five years here and this is the first, so we've been lucky. They are nasty, dreadful nuisances and must go. A friend loaned us a live trap and that worked.We pretend we are not living in the wild, but we are. Interesting experiences to say the least.

Be back with the family fun!