August 13-17 was our first driving trip out of town in awhile. We drove up to Marble, CO, to visit with our old friends and previous neighbors, Tom and Kay. I really enjoyed their beautiful yard. Mandy never did get used to their two dogs Grace and Pippa, but they all kept a respectable distance, so it wasn't a problem. We went for walks around Marble. I helped Tom work on constructing some picnic tables for the public areas down the hill in the park. We had dinner and played cards with their friends Steve and Claudine, who had just arrived at their place in Marble for a short Summer stay. We walked down one evening, and had dinner at the new barbecue restaurant in town. Delicious.
Did I say, we went for lots of daytime and evening walks? Tom was a great tour guide, telling what he knew (plenty!) about the history of the old Quarry and the Mill facility operations. This pic is of one of the firebreak walls in the old Mill.
We saw a beautiful doe in the yard one morning, while we were eating the delicious breakfast that Kay fixed, and enjoyed many many visits from quick and colorful hummingbirds.
I played Frisbee golf with Tom several times, at the new marble course, which is laid out around the old Marble Mill. One of those times, we first heard (loudly!), then saw, two Marmots that were encamped on large chunks of marble in the course, enjoying the sun. Lovely.
We slept in every morning, waking up to a wonderful view out the bedroom window into the back yard, and generally had a wonderful visit.
