We met Kathy and Jim's family members, Walt and Eileen (they drove down from Greeley, CO), in Durango last night ... Jim and Kathy cooked up a feast and we ate, drank and shared stories into the evening. Jim even wanted to build a fire (all the better for sitting around and eating ice cream). But frankly, the temperatures in Durango have been on the warm side. So, we settled for just eating the ice cream and chocolate sauce while enjoying some new members to our group.
The plan for the next day was to walk in Durango ... which we did ... along the downtown sidewalks and along the Animas River Walk. We met the manager of the local Patagonia store, who also happens to be the daughter of friends of a hiking buddy of ours (who lives in Seattle and recently bought a home in Tucson ... and she had encouraged us to stop in the store and greet her friends' daughter). Of course, I found a few things to purchase ... even got a hiking hat for Olivia.
The afternoon was to be a trip to the Aztec Ruins National Monument ... everyone went except us. We just hit the "travel wall" and stayed behind with Bambi and Fritz. Paul did some work editing a paper for a colleague while I slept, and read, and slept some more.
Fortunately we were able to rally for a fun dinner at Chimayo in Durango, sitting out on the patio, watching the Durango world flow by the restaurant.
Tomorrow we head our separate ways ...
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