May 21st -23rd - Edwards, CO

21^st

A quiet day while we waited for the end of the world. Will and I managed to fit all our new purchases in Betsey. A drizzly, rainy day. People in Australia survived Rapture – or at least were able to Facebook from their place of judgement!

22^nd

Lovely weather for a change. We drove out through Glenwood Canyon on the interstate on the way to Glenwood Springs. At Glenwood Springs we walked up a steep hill (damn altitude had us puffing like crazy!) to Doc Holliday’s supposed gravesite, though they’re not actually sure where exactly he was buried. He was a dentist in the 1800s who became a gunslinger most famous for a shootout at the OK Corral in Tombstone, Arizona. Any good Western movie buff worth his salt would know about him, but my knowledge of these things is fairly limited. A KFC picnic at a rest stop and then it was time for me learn how to throw a football gridiron style. It could have been the altitude still, but I wasn’t very good at it! A bit different from an AFL football and much more painful to handball! Will and Jacki rescued a poor little girl who had caught the strap of her ‘fanny pack’ (bahahah – bumbag) in the spokes of her wheels. Apparently her parents just watched her suffer, but then the shining knights arrived and saved her! Such a cute kid. 

23^rd

Will’s exciting visit to the dentist (I still can’t believe an actual piece of tooth fell out and he wasn’t freaking out!). The dentist Aja (Jacki’s housemate) recommended was apparently very good and found lots of work to be done. Not like that stupid dentist in Stawell who told Will he didn’t have any cavities. And he was supposed to be a good dentist! A quiet day catching up on laundry, blogs and organising photos.

That evening we had dinner at Steph’s parents’ house with her family and a family friend. A Mexican feast! We also watched the ice hockey with them (avid fans it seems!), which was fun, but I still need help with rules and things! Of course the night wasn’t complete without a Tim-Tam slam! We converted their family friend and the expression on his face as he put the melted Tim-Tam in his mouth was priceless!! Maybe that was his Rapture and he’d gone to heaven haha.