Good and Bad

The good thing is that we took 9 days and went to Colorado.

The bad thing is that the first two nights out there I just about froze to death.

The good thing is that after that, the night temps rose about 5 degrees and we got things figured out.

The bad thing is that we only stayed out there for 4 nights (the rest of the time was a leisurely drive there and back).

The good thing is that our campground was in the National Forest.

The bad thing is that the nearest city was Estes Park. A little crowded.

The good thing was 3 days in Rocky Mountain National Park.

The bad thing (not really bad) was sore feet from a 4 mile and a 5 mile hike.

The good thing was traveling Trail Ridge Road.

The bad thing was the negative fantasies of plummeting to our deaths off the highest continuous road in the US.

The good thing was seeing Rachel and her children on the way home.

The bad thing was the Chinese food we had the night before. MSG delight, anyone?

The good thing was a Kansas state cabin on the way out to Colorado one night.

The bad thing was forgetting to call for late arrival instructions on the way back.

But the good thing was a great hotel room in Salina instead.

The bad thing was the sheer exhaustion from 4 nights in a tent and 4 days seeing all we could.

The good thing was borrowing my dad's truck instead of trying to take the van.

The bad thing was getting used to having the girls RIGHT BEHIND YOU when you drove.

The good thing was coming home to pets and not too big a mess and almost everything is put away.

The bad thing was that the AC is broken again and now I get to call for estimates today.

The good thing is that Gina is here to tune my piano.

The bad thing is that I could have slept a few more hours!

Pictures later. They're all good things. Looks like rain outside. Maybe I'll get a nap later on...