The fabulous Heather visit

And another whirlwind visit, this time with Heather. We did everything and more during this week. Wow!

Fishing on the Taylor, at least for Mark, and Heather and I relaxed, took photos, did a little sketching. Gorgeous, gorgeous river and Mark had success, releasing all.

Next up dinner out, as in at "our" camp site up Ohio Pass. The grasses are very tall this year, probably due to the May rains. Yummy, Mark grilled tenderloin steaks, sauteed mushrooms and onions, and Heather made twice baked potatoes. Oh and wine was present of course. Perfect.

Silver haired bat

We did have a little visitor at our dinner event. Heather noticed him first crawling slowly to me. I know many people have a bat thing, but I don't and thought he was kind of cute. It was teeny tiny, apparently most types of bats are, and I will say we moved our chairs to a slightly different spot for the rest of dinner. I didn't actually want one on me.

Heather's bowl and my pot - practice (clearly)

Next the pottery throwing class in Crested Butte. The first for us both and it was fun, we learned a lot, and Heather is considering taking a class back in Maryland. Laura, the brilliantly talented potter, was a terrific teacher especially to two novices No, we did not get on the wheel, we were learning hand throwing techniques - hard enough trust me, and no, we did not walk out with our bowl and pot. That's a whole other class...

Montanya!

Of course Maharajas

A required visit to Montanya before our Soupcon reservation. First visit to Soupcon this summer and it never ever disappoints. Magnifique Chef Jason!

Those are sheep not rocks - definitely a wow factor

Yeah, my great selfies continue

And it had started to rain/sleet and we were up sky high

Jeeping trip to Alpine Loop (north) to Engineer Pass. It was cloudy but always spectacular. First time for Heather. The Rock performed like a champ as usual.

The lunch Silverton stop. Handlebars was jammed but always worth the wait. This is also the area that's been in the news lately with the EPA accidental mine spill down the Animas River. We looked and looked but couldn't see any definitive place where it might have happened. It may have been further away than our jeeping trek took us.

Another not so great selfie but had to put it in as it was at Secret Stash. The pizza and margaritas can"t be missed. We had other meals at Ryce, Nugget cafe, and Garlic Mike's so I'd say we did a good job on the restaurant scene.

Fishing at the pond the last afternoon. The fish are giant size in there and to be honest here, Heather's fish was a combo catch with Mark. Fish went back in the water for someone else to have fun.

A good time all around. Heather had to do a bit of work and picked up a couple of new clients while here (she's started her own business- mighty impressive) and Mark is very glued to conference calls most of the time but we managed to do a lot anyway. Now a break week and then Tiffany, Chris, and those darling girls arrive for a week. Will the fun never stop!