#8: Going back...

So the house is listed.

Craigslist becomes my new "habit", in selling off the extra stuff we have from 21 years of being together.

Whatever happens on the other side, we KNOW, will require just the bare necessities!

Going back to visit, presented itself, when we learned that Lucas(Harry's younger son), would be graduating from the S. Utah Police Academy.

Not having any previous "boarding reservations" for that weekend, it was easily decided to go celebrate with him.

GREAT time celebrating with Lucas, Heidi and the kids, and spending the night with them at our campsite north of St. George to escape the summer heat S. George is famous for!

Memories made, for sure!

We added two nights at a campground in Grand Junction on our way out to St. George.
This was so we could assess the drive time to/from Ridgway - Grand Junction, as GJ was noted as having one of the best VA hospitals in the country!

This was shared with Harry, on a previous visit to the Denver VA, while sharing an elevator with a World War II veteran.

This veteran had been under the care of the US VA hospitals since the day after D-day, and just happened to mention that the VA in Grand Junction, was the best by far.

A confirmation Harry was happy to discover.

So, with the medical scenario at his fingertips, we pressed onward.

(Just 30 minutes north of Ridgway is the town of Montrose, which has the nearest VA clinic.)

We took the opportunity to learn what we could about Ridgway, on our own.
We loved meeting people and chatting up the scenery, and how they liked living life here.

With certain addresses in mind, we stumbled upon a piece of raw land, that we hadn't seen previously, and made note to find out more.

We had reserved a KOA in Durango, on our way back from St. George, in order that we could travel the route to Ridgway from the "other end"(SWcorner) of Colorado, and record the distance from Durango to St. George from the southern route.

We headed home, by way of Durango, and made the drive from Durango, over the Silver Dollar Pass.
Through Silverton, Ouray, into Ridgway, we met with Rob, and spent the day zig zagging around Ridgway.

It seems two contrasting areas of choice, being down in town, the basin between Mesa's, or up on the Mesa.

Either area would suit me to a T. The small town community is something we are comfortable in, and look forward to one day being there.

One day...