Terry’s family had a family reunion at Ouray, Colorado starting Friday night and ending today. We went up for Friday night. Ouray is just an hour and a half from here, a short drive.
While up there we got to go in and have a very brief tour of the Beaumont Hotel...I must say that it appealed to my sense of historical interest.
If you ever get a chance to go to Ouray and you love old things please try to spend a night there. If you don’t like historical things The Ouray Victorian Inn is a great place to stay also. Those folks are very nice and the Inn is even dog friendly. The complimentary breakfast is served on real dishes with behind the counter waiters. I very much recommend this Inn as a place to stay.
I have been a little behind on getting all my comments answered. Please forgive me, my life has been extremely over-whelming lately, but I hope to get back to a comfortable routine. As I get older I realize that routines are not dull and boring, but nice…they help keep a person steady and keep everything going forward.
Today, Sunday, is seeing the last of our consistent monsoonal thunder and lightening storms. We will start to move out of this tiny little monsoon toward hot August weather.
Terry got the alfalfa cut last night to start drying. I always know we are in the middle of summer when that happens. If the heat stays and a small drying wind springs up, by Thursday we should have the hay baled and hauled in. The weatherman says we should be in good form for another round of nice rich hay. Magic thoughts that he is right!
The third and last cutting of alfalfa should be around the first of September, in 6 weeks.
Off now to visit you and answer your comments!
Linda
Life on a Colorado Farm 
You are SO right. Dull and boring is the best kind of life to have at a certain age.
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Gorgeous old hotel… That would be a neat place to stay… Glad you could make it to the reunion –if only for a short time. I know that this is a busy time (what time isn’t??? HA) of year for you two…. Glad he got some of the Alfalfa cut… Life seems to be ‘on schedule’ for you all… That is a good thing.
Hugs,
Betsy
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i do hope you get your hay crop baled!
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I hope the weather man is correct and you get your hay in on Thursday. It sounds as if you had a nice visit in Ouray.
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We stayed at the Weispaden for our honeymoon and it was nice too. There was a fabulous little breakfast place we loved there but it has since closed down.
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Routine Linda- I am all for it – our life is one of total routine and I find it makes life so much easier. That hotel looks lovely.
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I love historical things! I sure know how you feel, when it comes to feeling over whelmed!. I have so much stuff that needs doing and I don’t know where to start, along with having to do the normal day to day things!
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I love Ouray and take your time on comments, etc.. I am so behind on so much just now.
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You’re a farmer. No need to apologize.
I love your new header photo with Boomer. 🙂
I definitely agree with you on routines!
Good luck with the alfalfa. Have a wonderful evening. ♥
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Some of these old inns show us a time when luxury was high quality. Most of our hay has been knocked down but very little of it has been baled. We’ve had a long wet spell.
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Dog Friendly works for ME 🙂
Glad you had fun!
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know what you mean about getting behind, Linda, have been battling a really bad bout of flu for the last week… am slowly getting there – but one doesn”t spring back quickly either when one reaches a certain age !!!
And there’s nothing like a lovely routine and a slow pace !!!!
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Ouray is one of my favorite places and so is that whole area, we were in Silverton a week ago. I hope the rain holds off so you can bale hay.
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That would be an awesome place to stay! Take it easy you will catch up sooner or later:)
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Ouray is beautiful; we’ve never spent the night though. Maybe next time. Great place for a reunion.
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I’ve been behind too Linda, it’s hard to keep up with everyone! It’s fun to see what you’ve been up to. That hotel looks great!
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I love Ouray. when I was much younger I hitch hiked thru that area. Ouray, Silverton, Durango… awesome! I think that trip started down in new Mexico, around Chaco Canyon. I have such great memories of that part of the world.
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I finally got around to reading this entry. Back in 1969, my husband and I stopped in Ouray and stayed at the Hotel St. Elmo. That was very nice and also old. Is it still there?
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