Day 5 - Durango, CO

July 20, 2009

Day 5 of our Great Summer Adventure begins with a Fish Tale!        
We tried our hand at fishing today. Rachel was the only one who caught something ... part of a tree branch. We used some worms on normal casting rods for the kids to try fishing with. Not the fly rods my Dad sent with us. They weren’t ready for that one yet. Neither were we apparently! LOL... We found ourselves a little place along side the lake to setup for a couple of hours.

Worms - Rachel will touch them. Stephen won’t. Go figure. Because of that, Rachel did more fishing than Stephen because there was a rule out there yesterday. John put the first worm on your hook. You do the rest.

The fish ate well yesterday and avoided the hooks.

John tried his hand at fly fishing as did I. My first attempt ended up getting caught in the Aspen tree behind us. John and I rescued it. John did better than me - his didn’t get hung up in the tree. However, he did lose a fly (sorry Dad!) somewhere with no fish to blame.

Finished up there and had a little snack at Pura Vida Cafe at the marina. Was pretty good really. Then headed back to the cabin for a little rest/shower before going to the fun event for the night!

Bar D Chuckwagon Dinner Show

We weren’t really sure what to expect here other than my parents both recommended it. We had a pretty good feeling the music would be something John would enjoy and probably we all would like as well, but maybe not as much. Didn’t have high expectations for the food though.

Well, we all were pleasantly surprised. The dinner was really good and the show was quite entertaining and enjoyable for everyone! We would highly recommend it to anyone. John and I both had rib eye steaks that were cooked very well. The kids ate all their meals of BBQ Beef. The only comment is the BBQ is on the more vinegar side than typically we prefer, but it was good still. The beans, applesauce, biscuits were all quite yummy as was the coffee!!

The show was really entertaining. We enjoyed watching and listening to these guys play the fiddle, guitars and sing. Really good and at times, funny which made the kids laugh. They ended the show with a patriotic medley which was inspirational as well as thought provoking for where we are as a country.

The last song was “Proud to be an American”.

And I’m Proud to be an American

where at least I know I’m free

And I won’t forget the men who died to give that right to me

And I’d gladly stand up next to you, and defend her still today

and there is no doubt I love this land

God Bless the USA

Are YOU proud to be an American?
I believe if you choose to live in the USA - you should have to learn English, live by our laws, pay the taxes we all have to pay and respect this country. Respect your heritage, certainly, but respect the country that is providing for your family or go back home.
Do YOU vote?
Do YOU stand up for all that our forefathers and many before us fought to maintain as a country? Our future is being leveraged as money is wasted, taxes are raised, and our country is being socialized. We will be told how to live, what choices we have and don’t have across many different areas. That is socialism my friends.
CARE ABOUT IT. PRAY ABOUT IT.

OK - off the soapbox now and back to the vacation.

Off to ride the train today (Tuesday, July 21, 2009). I'll have to post the pictures later when we return!

MA