And the thunder rolls. Been raining all night and all morning. Rain and thunderstorms are different here. We have a mountain range very close to our west, another very close to the east and then Mount Sneffels to the south. The thunder rolls from behind the western mountains, then comes into the valley, then heads over the eastern mountains. Cloud cover thickens until we can’t even see the closest mountains, then it lifts and the cycle starts all over. Nice day to stay by the fire (we have an electric fireplace) and snuggle up with a good book. Yesterday we went to Montrose – I got a haircut and a pedi and we went to the Ute Indian Museum – very interesting. Thursday was a lazy day here – Tony helped some neighbor lady with her hot water heater and her water. A good Samaritan. Getting ready to head along the San Juan Skyway on Monday and stay south of here near the Mesa Verde National Park for a couple of days. I miss my dogs terribly, but I really don’t want to leave here! Right now, we are planning to start home on Oct. 11th. Hopefully, we will have a little snow by then. First frost here is usually the first week of October. We shall see.