Fruita, Colorado

We arrived in Fruita, Colorado hot and tired.  We're staying at La Quinta for two nights.  We have the great wedding rate, $89 a night.  Again, great value.  We each did a load of laundry because that's how we roll.  It was agreed, we all brought too many clothes.  We mostly did this because we have plenty of room...so of course we had to fill that space.  We just weren't up to the wedding party festivities that night, so we walked across the parking lot to Rib City and had a good dinner.

The wedding wasn't until 6:30 so we had all day to roam around.  The road to the Monument was right by the hotel, so we took about an hour and made the loop.  This also involved math because we had to figure out if it was good value to purchase an annual pass.  This isn't easy.  The National Parks have different fees.  For motorcycles we can get one pass and it will admit the two bikes.  The entrance can be anywhere from $10 to $40 for the two bikes.  Dave is just months away from the $10 lifetime pass!!!

We also took a few hours to visit a friend from California that now lives in Grand Junction.  We took a tour of her wonderful home and then off to downtown Junction to the Bagel shop for lunch.....where we saw two young women typing away on manual typewriters...that's right, not laptops.  One had bright, neon red hair so I'm pretty sure it's all about being noticed.

Not that we would ever move from our lovely home, but Fruita and Junction are really nice little towns.    Junction even has a Hobby Lobby!

then off we went to the wedding.  Now this was interesting.  I'm wearing my cute little dress over jeans and boots.  We arrive and park the bike in the soft dirt parking lot...placing a rock under the kickstand so it would be upright when we returned.  I slip off my boots and jeans and step in to my sandals, right on the side of the road....we walk across the street and there we are...so much fun.  Maybe I should have left the jeans on......sitting on the bale of hay would have been more comfortable.  At the reception we randomly chose a seat right next to a CPA...what are the chances of that? The wedding was so sweet and wonderfully done.  This is Lindsay's turf, so she really was the star.  Cliff looked content and happy to join the Fruita community, it's a love match.