Sunday, June 25, 2017

Karen's Back Porch

While I headed north through Pueblo, Colorado Springs and Denver the weather looked ominous over the snow capped Rockies. 
Just out of Pueblo a hail storm hit so hard I had to pull over on to  the shoulder along with dozens of other motorists.  When the marble-sized pellets finally stopped the road and all the country side was completely white with hail and there were a number of cars and trucks down in ditches beside the road.


I inched myself along and finally stopped to spend one night at Cracker Barrel outside of Colorado Springs.
My destination the next day was the tiny community of Drake in Big Thompson Canyon to visit with sister Mary, and Brother-in-law Jim, who were visiting their friend Karen for the month of June.


Karen had purchased my Road Trek the summer before and it was fun to see it again, sitting high up in the mountains among the pine trees.


Karen is a collector of all things porcine....

 
  and she has many. 


Her back porch is a gathering place for those that live all up and down the mountain...


...and the arrival of Jim and Mary from Hawaii was cause for a Hootenany.


Jim is on the right and the three on the left are all brothers.  The name of their group is....Ta Dah...

THE ROTTEN BROTHERS!  


But they weren't 'rotten' at all, they were very very good.


There was lots of good food...(I love a pot luck).


Good views...


Good humor...


Good friends....


Good weather...(except for one tiny shower) ....



And a  good time.  Thanks for the great afternoon, Karen. 

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