Another fall, another weekend at Estabrook! I have some regulars joining me now which is nice. I also added a few newbies who loved learning the 100 year history of the family ranch.
The weather wasn’t nearly as nice as last year, but it didn’t stop us from getting in a five or six mile hike around the property. I was actually feeling rather unenergetic and like having an excuse of cold weather and threatening rain to sit around and play card games and Settlers of Catan. I must give credit to Erin, who has been on a mission to climb a fourteener this year, as she wanted to do a training hike.
I’m so glad she wanted to walk around as the weather held off, and we got to enjoy the fall colors. We also managed to spot a few deer which was surprising given our noisy chatter. I will attribute that to Brad’s eagle, hunting eye.
I’m so glad new parents Moria and Mario made the trek up with six month old Alinea. I imagine it’s a lot of work to bring a baby to the mountains…one bag for them, ten for the baby, right?!? Alinea is such a great baby! She sat right at the table with us.
The rain did come later, so I did get to play some games and was thankful for a few other fellow gamers. Erin, Brian, Mario and Moria liked “Oh, Hell”. Brad and Angela liked Settlers of Katan…YAY! We also had some nice meals and got some good porch time while watching the incoming clouds. It was a relaxing weekend in the mountains.
Finally, Erin was nice enough to gift a Colorado paver to Estabrook. What a nice hammock view! ETB
