DAY 19: Just Another Day.........

DAY 19:  Manitou Springs, CO - July 19, 2010

Well folks, didn't do anything exciting today.....sorry.  This was a WORK day.....I did quarterly payroll reports, paid vendors and determined we have too many bills.  So, I thought I'd use this useless day to catch you up on other news.  Ready?  Here we go......

First, I've been wanting to tell you about this for a week now, but just haven't had an opportunity; what with Murphy getting an Australian Haircut and all.  My girlfriend, Sherrie, in Dallas had the most interesting, funny, tragic thing happen to her early last week.  Now, before I tell you what happened to her, I need to tell you "about" her.......Sherrie is the first woman firefighter ever in Dallas.  Now, that's HUGE.  Think about that for a minute........THE FIRST WOMAN FIREFIGHTER EVER IN THE ENTIRE CITY OF DALLAS.  Cool, huh??  Sherrie and her husband Sam were our neighbors when we lived in Dallas and she's one of those friends you know you will have the rest of your life.  I adore her.  Now, on to what happened to her.  Her house, unfortunately, was broken into last week.  Thats the "tragic" portion of the story.  They stole a laptop and other electronics from her house.  But this wasn't just any ordinary crook....oh no.......this was a "crazy" crook who probably has been kicked out of his gang by now.  Why you ask??  Because he left his cell phone on her bed.  Oh ya, you heard me; this crazy, no-gang-anymore crook "left his cell phone on her bed".  Obviously, that's the "interesting" and "funny" portion of the story.  Because the idiot left his cell phone, with all his gang friends' names and numbers for the police, he has been apprehended and her stuff is being returned to her as I type.  If my fingers could laugh, they would be howling right now......

Now, on to where we are right now.  As you all know, we are in Manitou Springs, Colorado.....but do you know where Manitou Springs, Colorado actually is??  Didn't think so........we are just west of Colorado Springs which is an hour south of Denver and we are in Paradise.  This place is magical to me; not really sure why exactly....but it always has been.  Part of the reason we really like being here is that there are such nice people all around us.

Take Margie and Chris.......they run the park that we are staying in here and there aren't two nicer people.  Now, for you non-RV-camper-types, usually when you check into an RV park, you see the managers once......maybe twice if you do something wrong.  But not here.......you see Margie and Chris all the time cause they are always helping people.  We actually prefer to position our outside chairs in the late afternoon when new monster RV's and gigantic 5th wheels start arriving so we can watch Chris perform his magic by directing people into their tight RV spots......... These two are........Special.

Chuck and I have decided we are going to pick up pieces of wood from each place we travel this year.......and make these awesome crosses from that wood when we get home.  I love the simplicity and power behind these incredible crosses.......and each will carry the memory of where we've been..........