A Busy Week - Part 2

FRIDAY...We were up very early to get Joe to the office for physical therapy. He is doing very well and doesn't have to go back for three weeks at which time he will hopefully lose his "boot". It was the beginning of a gorgimous day. The weather was in the upper 60's and NO wind blowing!!! This is such a strange occurrence, I had to take a picture of the flag pole outside the orthopedic office. We rode around with the sunroof open all day long.

After we finished at the doctor's office, we went home, cleaned house and then treated ourselves to a pizza buffet lunch. It was good, but it wasn't Cici's Pizza (which we miss). It really is strange eating lunch at a restaurant as I am so used to eating something prepared in the microwave most everyday at work. Because we are so far out in the "boonies", there is no such thing as having something delivered to you or any place to go pick something up. Then we hurried home as one of my new friends was coming by the house to visit for a little while. After she left, I loaded up Joe and the furry kids and we went exploring on the top of Mt. Casper where we had not been yet.

Mt. Casper has an elevation of about 8,200 feet and even has ski slopes which are operated by the City of Casper. As we progressed up the mountain, we experienced a 22 degree drop in the temperature. It was also amazing to me the amount of and deepness of the snow that was still up there after the nice weather we've been experiencing in the last week. (We wound up closing the sunroof because of the coolness). It is really quite a spectacular view of Casper when on top of the mountain. We have decided we are going to have to get some binoculars so we can locate our house from up there and see the other sights in the distance. I even noticed a wind turbine farm and want to find out where and how far away they are.

So, all in all it was a beautiful and very relaxing Friday and Joe and the furry kids seemed to enjoy the change.