Good Morning Colorado

Waking up to views of the Front Range-that's what I call a good morning.
Summit RV Park: "They heck in, but they don't heck out." (read the orange sign if you don't get it.)




My rear-view mirror charms, enjoying the beautiful West Texas springtime.





























We saw this elk yearling while property hunting outside of Golden, CO. He acted almost tame and posed for a photo.

In Keeping With Kierst Traditions

Well the "Art Truck" left Dallas today for the journey north. I let my best class paint it on the last day of school as a reward for good behavior. Next time I will get the kids to plan out what they're going to do beforehand and request that they do more painting and less writing. Most of the truck is decorated with words; "West Dallas," "Jesus, Pimp My Ride," "Party like a Rock Star" "Mrs. Kierst rocks" and so on. I'm not sure who Mr. Kierst is.
We left way too late today after finishing up the packing that I was way too tired to do last night. Highlights of the drive included:

• Watching two prisoners in old-timey black and white striped jumpsuits playing basketball next to the road with no precautions to keep them from running off.
• Wildflowers-tons of wildflowers along with miles of yucca in bloom and mean-looking cholla cactus.

Low points included:

• Slow, but non-gormet food from Dairy Queen and Subway.
• Keeping the family tradition of getting a speeding ticket while driving out of Texas like a bat out of Hell. There goes $150! In UT or CO it would have been about $35, but of course, Every Thing's Bigger in Texas!