Got up late, lazed around, then late in the day decided to go into town for dinner. Back to Casbah Pizza for diner, then back to The Mayor of Old Town, then of course, the obligatory milk shake at Coldstone Creamery. Truck feels fine. Tomorrow, we go up to Cheyenne to pick up a package, then head back here for the last time. Tuesday we head out.

Well, we got the call late yesterday that it WOULD be ready to pick up, so we got up early and called to verify and yes, it IS ready for pick up. Yay!

Went in to town and had breakfast at our semi-favorite breakfast place, The Breakfast Club, and this time I had the Corned Beef Hash Eggs Benedict. Pretty good.

Got the truck, and of course, it feels different. I was not overly fond of the rental, but I did get somewhat used to it over the time we had it, but it’s still good to have our truck back.

We’ll see how it does. Hopefully all the issues are done for a couple of years, at least, though we know it’ll need tires come spring.

Still waiting …

Got a call from the dealer again – they’ve found something else wrong. Number one injector needs replacing. I really think they’re just trying to get the cost of repairs up above the cost of the tandem. So far, it’s been close.

Ok, they managed to do it – they JUST edged out the tandem for largest expenditure on the trip. Damn. Truck better run REAL good now! Might get to pick it up tomorrow – we’ll see!

Still waiting. Did get a call from the dealer, and they are working on the truck, finally! Put two guys on it to get it knocked out. I guess it finally dawned on them they’ve had it for almost three weeks!

Waiting …

No riding again – COLD! So, instead (to hold off cabin fever), we drove further up the canyon. Even MORE beautiful than the drive to FC! Well, a bit hard to tell today, because it was not sunny – quite the opposite, it was sprinkling, which, when we got near the pass (Cameron Pass 10,000 + feet!), turned to sleet! Got some good photos, though, and also, it had been snowing up there:

And on the way back, took photos of Poudre Falls – not very big, but very nice:

Short day.

RAIN. No, not really, but quite cold. Needed to go into town anyway, so still not riding – ugh. Got some groceries and gas, then went by the Dodge dealer – truck still parked outside! DAMN! They’ve had it almost two weeks! Guy says parts are in, and should start working on it tomorrow maybe, done by end of week, maybe. Yeah. Maybe.

One interesting thing, though. On the drive in to town, saw this – we’ve seen it several times, but finally got a photo of each:

Ok, look out for guys with hula hoops? But what about THIS:

You’d think I was back in Roswell!

RAIN. Again.

Not much today but RAIN.

Lazy day today. We’re too tired to drive into town (since it takes over an hour!), so we’ll just stick around and relax. Did do a short ride around here just to get a feel for the bike on soft ground, and it went ok. Tomorrow, we’ll go for a REAL ride on a REAL trail.

So, anyway, we’re taking it easy, it’s dusk, and I’m grilling hamburgers on the trailer’s outside grill, when, one of the times I check on the burgers, I see this:

Yup, a moose! Here he’s walking away, so he’s pretty far – when I first saw him, I was even with the back of the truck, and he was MAYBE a truck length in front of the truck … yes, kids, maybe 35-40 feet from me! Cool! He was sauntering left to right, and just kept on sauntering, completely ignoring me. I think that was a GOOD thing. Would not want a bull moose coming after me!

That was the excitement for the day – I finally got to see a moose!