The hotel Doug picked for last night was decent. It had a large jacuzzi tub and he thought I'd really love it, with the jets and everything. Not a big fan of hotel jacuzzis because they look hard to clean and I wonder how clean they really are, but, he did it for me.
At 10pm I found myself soaking in the jacuzzi, where the jets were in all the wrong spots (needed hip-side jets not feet and lower back only). I spent about 20 minutes in there. It took longer to fill the thing.
But I slept well. It was relaxing. I did wake up four times to pee.
Staying hydrated has its downsides!
This morning we took our time getting out and ready. We both were awake by 8:15 and he drank room coffee, I went down to the lobby to investigate the breakfast scene. Be proud of me - it was hard to pass up the waffle. So hard.
We hit the road but stopped at a nice little sandwich shop in Gunnison, ordered take away, and then did a 3 block walk away and back to allow for the sandwiches to be made. Then we hit the road.
Doug had waffled on the plan he'd set but decided we'd stick with it. We headed out of Gunnison to the West, Rte 50 to the Blue Mesa dam and onto 92 taking it to the branch off to the Black Canyon.
The entire way the sky was threatening, to the west, and we were driving into that direction. We got to the ranger station where there is no staffing, and people were very frustrated because they wanted to pay for camping an day use. We tried to use the QR code and it would not work, so instead of getting frustrated, we went. Go. Go see the thing. Doug wants to buy a year pass for the national parks and when he does we'll just consider this visit paid for.
I am so glad we did not pass up this visit, this opportunity.
What a stupendous place.
We visited the North Rim because Doug read that there is a ton of road work happening on the south rim and it is a much longer drive that would put us out of range of where we wanted to be to get north to Carbondale.
The views were unreal - we were blown away by the entire place. Every corner we turned showed us something radically different, unexpected.
Doug suggested we do a hike, all basically flat, but the rain started to kick in harder so we opted to pass on that.
We did stop at each of the overlooks to overlook. And I was obsessed with the wild flowers growing all over the place.
After taking in our fill of the Black Canyon we headed out. Through Crawford, Paonia, making progress northward.
Doug read about a little town called Marble, and we took a side quest to check it out. Not a lot to see, but there was a box on the side of the road where if you made a donation to the town, you could take a block of Marble. So ... Doug did. And now we have a nice paperweight sized blank piece of Marble to cherish.
Leaving Marble, we continued north on 133, into Redstone and we stopped to check out the historic Coke ovens on the side of the road. Dozens of these line the road, part of the history of Coal and Coke in Colorado.
We finally got to Carbondale, and went straight to the brewery that served food. Great meal, super friendly people. The guy next to us was super chatty and so sweet. I had to finish 2k steps after we checked in, because we didn't get our hike in. So I hiked all around the building and up and down the stairs just to make sure I got it all in there.
Our hotel is good, there is a big husky in the lobby and I love her. Digits below my ridiculous face reminding you as well, that yes, you are beautiful.
digits
exercise: 11/12 hours. Missed 1pm from being in the car and the rain. took 2 walks. One at black canyon quickly in the rain but enough to be measured, 7 min/.32 mi. second at the hotel. 11 min/.50 mi. 10k+ steps by bedtime
blood glucose:
8:30am: 147
5:30pm: 153
9:30pm: 144
food & meds:
8:30am: phentermine, jardiance
9:15am: english muffin w/2 sausage patties, some scrambled eggs
11am: met+glip
2pm: turkey and avocado sandwich, some chips, powerade
6pm: patty melt, 2 beers
8pm: met+glip
8:30pm: cheese and nuts and another beer
Yes you sure are beautiful
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