A Visit Worth The Drive

 Still in Billings - they think the days are hot but I'm enjoying the 80 degree weather. 

I'm still trying to catch up my blog posts. So where did I leave off? I spent my last night in Los Alamos. My drive the next day wasn't very far so I went to church Sunday morning before heading out. 

I had a beautiful drive through the mountains on a very narrow two lane road with lots of curves and traffic. I was following a fifth wheel and was happy it was him doing the towing and not me. 

We had one real scary moment. A wide load came around the corner headed towards us. No pilot car, just a banner strung across the front of the huge truck towing a trailer with a load that definitely hung over into our lane. I watched the driver of the fifth wheel jerk his vehicle over to the right and the tires of the RV threw up a bunch of dirt as they went off the road. He did some good driving getting that RV back on the road. I was able to get over far enough that we at least had a few inches to spare. I'm sure he was definitely not legal.  

No pictures. It was a beautiful drive but not one I'm in any hurry to do again. 

I made it safely to Trinidad, CO for a visit that I was really looking forward to. Jim's oldest son, Steve, and his wife, Jen, live in Trinidad. I haven't seen them for several years and I was excited to finally be able to meet up with them. 

Steve and Jen

 Steve was still at work so we decided that when he was finished, they would come to the motel and we would head out to dinner. Steve recommended the Trinidad Smokehouse and I'm really glad he did. However, everybody else in town had the same idea. The place was as packed as Apache Junction restaurants during snowbird season. Worth the wait and we got to visit.

Inside the restaurant

They told me some of the history of Trinidad. Did you know that it is called the sex-change capital of the world? I sure didn't. It is also called Weed Town USA. 

 

We did a lot of reminiscing and catching up. Steve reminds me of his dad in a lot of ways. For example, they both have the ability to take a problem and think it through to a solution. Not me. I just want the answer now!!

Dinner was really good and we even ended up with enuf left overs for them to take home. 

Trinidad used a lot of brick when they built the town. The kids gave me a short tour of the downtown so I could take pictures of some of the beautiful buildings. 

 

The Trinidad History Museum

Trinidad is someplace where I would like to spend a couple of days just wandering around looking at buildings.

Jen posing with one of the old fashioned street lamps.

Time really does go by quickly. I should have scheduled two nights here but I left the next morning, getting closer to Billings and more family time.