We needed a small break!  Not a huge vacation, but a wee break in the same ole, same old.  This is the Fruit Growners Reservoir.… check the blue words for more information.

When my brother and I grew up, we knew it as Hart’s Basin; it was a big hang-out for all the boys in our small neighborhood at the base of Antelope Hill—a big fruit farm on the top of the hill overlooking Fruit Growers Reservoir.

My brother (not me—I’m not brave enough) and his friends would swim there, swing off a tree branch, plunge into the deep water, hunt crawdads, and camp out.

From there, we took the back roads going by, what I used to know as The Figure 4 Ranch, around and up, and around again, by-passing Cedaredge and winding up on Cedar Mesa—then onto Cactus Park.

Since Terry was a line-foreman for the local REA — Rural Electric Association, Delta Montrose Electric Association— for 34 years, he traveled all over our county and Montrose county, their service area.

Although I was born and raised here, there are many places I have never seen.  This was a huge treat for me.  To see the country, Terry helped build and maintain power lines for customers.

Once we drove through beautiful Cactus Park, we were in the postal service of Hotchkiss, Colorado. 

I asked if we could go see the 7X Ranch and Castle— 

It’s a wee bit famous- I’ve always wanted to see it.

You will have to go to the website to see it, because this is a family home.  Such a pretty place.

After that, we headed home.

It was a nice treat.

Weald (noun) wooded, uncultivated territory 

From our world to your world,

Linda