We woke this
morning with the most spectacular red sun rising over the river and knew it
would be a good day! We took advantage
of having water and power hooked up and cleaned and wasted a bit of water with
a long shower and getting ready for the next five nights with not connections. For
another final morning extravagance, we walked to town and bought a scone and
cinnamon roll from the only café there to enjoy with our coffee.
We actually
didn’t plan on arriving today with Jacob’s 40th birthday being
tomorrow but there was nowhere to stop!
So we have a longer day on our hands.
Nonetheless, even with a casual start, the clocks turned in our
direction and we’re on schedule for a 3pm arrival as Jacob will be celebrating
ala surprise with his local family.
Happy Birthday, Jacob!!!
The party
was pretty much over on our arrival and we had the challenge of handling a
close family relationship and covid.
Causing extreme stress with Rob’s treatment looming and the risk of
Covid, we try our best to maintain distance, stay outside and stay masked
inside. The risk is real and is pretty
unavoidable, all things considered.
Home base is
the parking lot of the TriLakes Center for the Arts, right behind Jacob’s
house. The owner kindly allowed us to
park during our stay with the town of Palmer Lake strictly prohibiting
camping. With the help of the police
chief, city hall and the Arts Center, we have special permission to stay making
us feel so fortunate, not to mention the ten point buck coming to visit within minutes of our arrival!
We
celebrated Jacob’s birthday in fine style today. He requested my own childhood tradition of
heath bar coffee cake for breakfast. I
woke up to his call to announce his rising and got to work on the task. The rest of the day was all birthday prep and
party. Rob and I took a break for a good
hike to justify the calories of the amazing ribs Jacob spent all day smoking
and we had several salads as sides before indulging on my fresh baked deep dish
derby pie – another request – as birthday cake!
We were
joined by Jacob’s father and his wife Caryn and we had a wonderful afternoon
enjoying the beautiful weather on the back porch, eating that delicious meal
and watching a slide show I had put together of Jacob’s 40 years. It was especially rewarding having his father
and I together providing memories from each perspective to honor the dual life
he’s had all these years.
It’s been a
great start to this chapter of our journey and we look forward with
anticipation to this time with family and friends with the added bonus of a
hopefully successful treatment and another new start for Rob’s health. Yes, it’s been a good start.
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