Back to Carlsbad

Hi All,

On Monday, I will return to Carlsbad for my last two weeks of work.  John will stay in Colorado with the RV and cats until I return.  It didn't make sense to drive the RV 600 miles this week and turn around and do it again next week. 

We've got John camping in St. Vrains State Park, http://www.parks.state.co.us/parks/stvrain/Pages/StVrainHome.aspx
which is about 30 miles north of Denver.  He has a beautiful (although smoke filled view of the Rockies) and looks out over a field with leaves beginning to turn gold.  It's rather nice view, and being a state park, the price is right too!

I'll be returning to work on Tuesday for my last two weeks at CAVE.  I will miss some wonderful friends that I have made there.  The caverns are an extraordinary place, but I've been there for over two years now, and I'm ready for a change.  It will be nice to see sunsets again, as the view in the cave never changes.

My new job is with the Forest Service at White River National Forest in Silverthorne, CO.  My first day is October 9th.  It's about 70 miles west of Denver in the mountains.  Silverthorne (not to be confused with Silverton in the SW part of the state) is high in the Rocky Mountains at 8000'.  It's only a few miles from my favorite ski area:  Copper Mountain http://www.coppercolorado.com/winter/index.html as well as Breckenridge, Keystone, Arapahoe Basin and about 30 miles to Vail. 

Winter will be setting in there soon, and I hope we get settled beforehand.  After two and a half years living in an RV we moving into government housing (still no address and no idea what the house looks like or what condition it is in...)  More details to follow.

That's about it for now.  So much to do before I leave tomorrow.

Love to all...

Val & John and the kitties!!!!