We just got back from Colorado, and can you believe we took the heat with us? It was 107 degrees here when we left on Friday, and I was really looking forward to cooler temperatures in western Colorado. Glenwood Springs is typically in the 80's to 90's this time of year, much nicer than Arizona. Wouldn't you know, all of Colorado and Utah were in a heat wave, it was nearly 100 when we landed there! We stayed in the Hotel Colorado, an elegant old hotel in Glenwood that was built in 1893. Beautiful, but no air conditioning; we only had a ceiling fan and nearly cooked!

The wedding open house was great, our friends the Olmstead's always put on a great party. It was held at their home near Silt, Colorado. A nice outdoor gathering that brought many of our old friends together, so we could enjoy the wedding festivities and also visit with many great friends. The bride, Vanessa, is beautiful and spunky, while the groom is handsome, earnest and they are madly in love with each other. Congratulations to them, and the best of wishes for a long and happy marriage. KJ is an airplane mechanic in the Air Force, so they are headed back to Georgia to start their new life together.

Silt is in the heart of a natural gas boom, so while the rest of the country is struggling in a deep recession, the gas business is propping up the economy there. There is a lot of work available, but it's a rural area, so housing is limited. Most of the people at the wedding party have lived in Garfield county for years, and have seen energy booms before- in the 40's there was Uranium, the 70's brought oil shale, and now natural gas is the latest big thing. They've seen it boom and bust too many times to get very excited, but it does make for a lively conversation.

Monday we drove to Annabella, Utah, to visit David sister Bess and her husband Tom. We also stopped at the cemetery to visit Dad Farr's grave. Bess takes good care of it, and keeps nice flowers there. His headstone has a saw and hammer carved into it, and the statement- Arizona educator 1938-1979. He taught in Fredonia for most of that time, and his specialty was woodworking. He made beautiful furniture, and taught so many students how to do so also. I miss him so much, and I'm glad we could go by to pay our respects.