Colorado, Westminster Sept 26-Nov 5

Camping at the Westminster Elk Lodge #2227  Our friends John and Bunny got us into this campground as guests.  John is a member of the Elks, and is my sponsor to become a member.  We were only going to stay here for a month, but the last part of the Elks induction is on the 4th of Nov.,  so we decided to stay for that.  As an Elk member, we can stay at Elks Lodges throughout this great country.   The campground is only 2.4 miles from our son Trevor, and about 8 miles from Paul.

Westminster Elks Lodge #2227 Campground.

Jessica Derr  High School Graduation Picture.  She is so Beautiful.

This picture was taken the first night we were back in town.  We all went to Tia Marie's for dinner.

Jessica and Grandpa

Grandpa and his two little grand daughters,  Riley and Gabby.

Kile - Jessica - Gabby - Riley

Grandma and her girls

This is our site up on the hill behind the Elks Lodge.  Was not a bad place to spend out time in the Denver area.

Maxwell before he got his haircut

My little fluff ball Zoe before her haircut

My cousin Jean (Gruenwald) Wallman and her daughter Michelle.  They live in Arvada, CO

One of our driving tours around the beautiful state of Colorado.  The following are some of the mountain pictures we took.

  

Now this was an unexpected sight we found on our drive.  The bull moose, and cow moose and the baby moose.  This made the whole trip worth the drive.

This bull moose looks to be quite young.

It was hard to tell which was the mom and which was the baby.  The baby is in front of the mom.

Now this was interesting to watch.  The baby nursing, each time it wanted more milk it would push up on the mom and by doing this mom would have her back legs clear off  the ground.  Time to wean the baby.

The road down off the pass into Georgetown.

This mountain sheep was just standing alongside of the road, waiting for us to take her picture.

We were a little late for the colors this year but did find some color.

Gabby and her teacher,  Gabby got several achievement awards for  her school work.

Riley also got an award for her achievement in school work.

We also went to Riley's gymnastics meet.
Left to right.Deana - Deana's mom Peggy - Riley - Kay - Gabby - Paul

Riley and her Great Job ribbon.

Poker game at my sister Noreen's home in Greeley.  Here Marilyn and I are counting up our winnings.

Sunset from Noreen's home in Greeley.

Bob - Noreen - Kay - Marilyn

Kay and I drove up to Cripple Creek to find more of the Colorado colors.  They were quite sparse, we were too late to get really great pictures.

I took this picture for our son Trevor.  He loves to fly fish, and he was at home working.  Guess I should not tempt him so much.

Kay loves to take pictures of colored leaves.

Kay and I went up to Noreen's for another night of poker.  This time I lost big and Bob was the big winner.

Marty - Kay - Bunny - John at Texas Road House for dinner.

Jessica turned 18.  It is hard to believe that she is that old.

Kile  sure has turned out to be a handsome young man.

Grandpa told Jessica she could get some money out of his wallet, she asked if she could pick what she wanted.

Steven Derr, our oldest grandson, he is soon to turn 21.

I met my sister Noreen and Bob at Wings and Things for lunch one day.  Tannyce,  Noreen's grand daughter is a bartender there.  She was nice and bought me a coke.

Trevor Derr at his 40th Birthday.  October and November are full of birthdays for our family.

Kay's Dad Howard.  We had a birthday party for him it was his 88th.

Riley helping Grandma with Grandpa's birthday cake

Kay's Dad with his brothers and sister-in-laws.  Left to right Howard, Bob, Carol, Al and Laura Edwards

Kay with her Dad and brothers.  Mike is the one on the left and Dan on the right.  Good looking bunch.

Kay, Howard and Marty

Here is Dad with Mike and Laury.

Kathy and Dan Edwards

The Dow's with Grandpa.  Deana, Howard and Paul in the back.  Gabby and Riley in the front.

Grandpa and the Derr's Trevor, Howard, Tina and Steven back row then Jessica and Kile in the front.

The Shaddick's - Halle, Justin, Erin in the back with the twins Hannah and Noah out front.

Our Colorado grand kids.  Left to right is Kile, Jessica, Riley, Gabby and Steven.

Tina and Jessica flanking Grandpa Howard

Kay with her two little girls, Gabby and Riley.  We all had such a fun day.

Grandpa's littlest Riley

Grandpa and Gabby, she is such a sweet girl.

We picked up Mike and Laury at the Scottsbluff airport.  Nice little plane he has.

Somewhere up in the Colorado mountains Kay took this picture of a small waterfall.

We saw a whole heard of Elk along the road, but by the time we got stopped they were headed back up into the woods.  Did manage to get a picture of one of them though.

Kay and our friend Kay Thomas at Famous Dave's north of Denver.

Gabby's 9th birthday Party.

The Dow's headless horseman.

A walk at the park near Sheridan  Ave. in Denver, CO

 

Gilded Flicker

American Wigeon Duck

Canadian Geese

In for a routine Heart Cath.  They found nothing wrong, which was good news for me.

Riley and Gabby had a Halloween concert at the book store.

Riley and Grandma

Grandma and Gabby

Gabby and Riley in their costumes

Gabby and her friend.

The Dow Family Deana - Paul - Gabby - Riley

Now you will not see me in this getup too often.  I am at the  Elks Lodge #2227 for my induction to the Benevolent and Protective Order of the Elks of the U.S.A.

The Derr family came to help me celebrate.