1412 miles from home.
Woke up this morning and there was a light coating of snow over almost every horizontal surface. Donna and I left the Inn at around 6:30 for a walkabout. The sun was just clearing the east ridge, but the fog was ascending fast. I snapped the above photo of the Blue Horse Inn from the end of the driveway. By the time we had walked a 1/2 miles visibility was down under a quarter mile, but we kept on. The road went from paved to dirt and still we walked right down the middle of the road. The lack of visibility didn’t really bother us because we passed very few houses and besides it was so quiet that we would hear a vehicle coming or miles.
After the walk we drove the 60 miles to the Lone Mountain Cattle Company ranch to wait in line nearly as long, time wise, as we did for our rental car to get a 100% waygu beef burger. While the burger was tasty, it took almost 6 hours to digest. And it almost seemed a waste of the fine meat after it was placed on a bun, covered in mustard and ketchup, layered with lettuce, tomato and onions, because the sample slices of rib eye meat they gave out while standing in line were fantastic.
It was time for the big finish, the auction. It was fast and furious and interesting to me for a very short time. After 4 of 72 lots (2 more than Donna) I left the tent for some cold fresh air. We walked back to the bunkhouse with brother Scott, nephew James and 15 month old Logan and said goodbye and making tentative plans to hook up on Monday when we pass back through on our way north.
No geocaching today, but tomorrow on the way to Roswell we’ll probably attempt a few.
auctioning horn toads i hope
You know I’m a city boy and animal recognition is not my strong suite, these things did have horns, but I’m pretty sure they weren’t toads.
Wish I could have been there for the auction. I haven’t been to one since I was a little girl and silly as it seems, it is a good memory for me. I love the sound of a good auctioneer.
Donna here- yes the auctioneer was great. I was so cold, so glad the kids needed their naps, we left pushing a stroller through the snow , back to the house.