Friday February 22 2008

Slide - No I didn't try it.

This is the Current Lane

It makes an oval.

Submarine for Kids to Play On.

They say it cost $250,000, hard to believe.

Gina went in it and down it's little slide, not me.

It sits in a shallow but pretty large play pool which

gradually slopes down to 3 1/2 feet deep,

That is as deep as this whole pool is.

Hot Tub on right, Lois is waving at us. Aren't her little footprints cute?

Another full and fun day. One degree when we went out to the car this morning, but sunny and calm again. By afternoon more thawing and melting. At 9 we went to swim at the pools. We went in the leisure pool which is much warmer than the lap pools. Several of our other friends were there too, so fun to see them again. I haven't been swimming for a long time and knew to be careful not to overdo it the first time. The whole experience was fun and unique. I had never been in a current like that. It has very strong jets. Even the best lap swimmers will only stay in the same spot if the current is full blast. I had trouble even walking against it steadily. So part of the time I just swam with it. Lois met us there, Wanda goes there a lot and we saw her, and later Kay came with her daughter and grandson. There were only a few other people the whole time we were there, but as we left they were getting ready to have baby or toddler swimming lessons. THAT made the dressing room hectic. I was in swimming or walking about 30 minutes and that was plenty, then tried the hot spa. It also has jets, kind of like getting a massage. I really started pooping out by the time we went in to shower and change, more of a blood sugar "thing" than too much acitivity. We came home and ate an early lunch.

Soon we drove out to the ranch to pick up a couple of things and see Joe. We stopped at the post office and got the mail. It was a nice drive, saw lots of deer along the way. The road in was good, but the piles of snow around the place and in the yard were just awesome. We've never experienced that before, since we never cleared the road, and the piles and berms are even bigger this time.

Joe had an infected tooth, and had to go to town yesterday and get some medicine for it. That's just what he needs. I forgot to ask if he had an appointment to get the tooth fixed, but will next time I talk to him. Quick like, I made him a roaster of swiss steak and put it in the oven. That should last him several days. I asked several times if there was anything he wanted me to do, but he said he didn't. After a couple of hours we came on back to town. Stopped at the store for a little shopping. I had brought the bills and paid them online, then made sure all the checks were entered into the checkbook - more than you would think were not. We're both tired tonight, and I'm ready for bed again.

Old Store Near Boulder - Pastel Sketch

Colors perhaps a little stronger than they really are.