It's happened again!

It takes me by surprise every year. Each year, October in Cedaredge is absolutely spectacular. The weather is sunny and cool much of the time, the aspen haven't yet given up all of their leaves, soup and our homemade bread taste especially fine and the lambs are fat and sassy. Our friends who remain in Cedaredge, start to think about hunkering down for the winter. This year, as with years past, I can't imagine leaving this special, special place. It's wrenching to leave the prospect of beautiful mountain snow, the town's winter activities and most of all, our friends.

Then each year we take our Tour de Grandkids. We marvel at their happy lives. We love to play with them, to watch their antics once we have worn ourselves and to appreciate all of the love their parents give them daily. We gather images in our mind to hold close until we see them again.

Finally, after months of Ed's preparations, we are back to Cozumel with 300 more pounds of stuff that we can't seem to be able to live without. Our arrival was perfect: no airport hitches, plane actually early, our friend Rita at the CZM airport to pick us up, and all bags arrived intact. Priceless!

The house was good. The house had been cleaned. The yard mowed. The gardens weeded and plants/bushes trimmed. Dan at Casas Cozumel had done an excellant job or maintaining the house during the summer. Now, all we had to do was unpack our bags and unpack all the stuff we had put away for the summer. Unpacking, rearranging. washing, cleaning, going to the grocery (mostly for beer!), etc. took 4-5 days. But, we're all settled and comfortable. Please see how comfortable Ed is in the photo below! Setting up hammocks was a priority!

Rina was pretty much a non-event. About 6 inches of rain but no damage. It sure made the grass and plants green!

Our friend, Pedro (Rita's boat captain, on his moto with his dogs-Chester (on the back) and his poodle on the front!

Ed fighting his cold! This is his usual remedy for any health issues, both physical or mental!

The gardens along side of the house. Most plants survived, but still plenty to do.