An Early Birthday Present

Well, Dave's birthday is just a month away, but with winter also on its way, I wanted to do something special, now. So, we went on the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad from Antonito to Osier and back. This is an old narrow gauge steam engine train that has been reconditioned and runs during the summer. We left Antonito at 10 am and rode the train to Osier (arrived at 12:45) where we disembarked for lunch (which is included in the ticket price). Lunch was actually very good; we had the soup and salad and more choice so Dave and I had soup and salad and the 'more choice' for the day was a Navajo Taco, so that was great! We left Osier at 2:30pm and arrived back at Antonito about 5:15pm. Then an hour drive home. The trip was fun, but trying to walk on a train that is moving wobbly was an interesting challenge. It snowed on us a bit going up into Osier, but the color changing leaves were gorgeous to look at! Here are some pictures of the trip.

Steam Train built 1925

The car we rode in

Next blogs will be on canning and Cricket......
Till Later.

Out with the old!

Geez, I am really behind on my blogging. I will try to catch up over the next couple of days. I had to put a temporary hold on updating my kitchen due to some unexpected complications. It seems that instead of just nailing up the paneling (yes, paneling), they also glued it. So when I tried to remove the paneling I removed chunks of plaster. So much for wainscoting and paint. Having to rethink what I am going to do....Will hopefully get started again this fall/winter. In the meantime, we did replace the faucet in the kitchen. I hated that faucet, but absolutely love the new one. So here is a picture of the old one, and what the new one looks like in place!

Out with the Icky Old one!

The new one I love!

It's the little things at this point! Back later with more stories and pics.