Another beautiful day

Time sure is flying by as the first six months of 2011 are gone already.

John and I went exploring on our walk and made it down to the Gunnison River.  There is a nice little park with a pond with small trout we could see, picnic tables, and bathrooms.  The river is running full and fast.

Along our path was this beautiful blooming bush.  I have no idea what it is but it sure was pretty.

After cleaning up after our walk, we decided to head to Montrose and kill some time by having lunch before our appointment at the Ford dealer.  Got in the truck, started it up, and the engine light goes off. We look at one another - great.  The Owner's Book says if the light goes out after three cold starts, you can just go on with your life.  We both agreed that we wanted to know why the light came on in the first place so off we headed to Montrose.

We stopped at this little restaurant just up the street from the Ford dealership called Cowboy Ciao.  What a good call.  John had their Friday special burger and said it was the best burger he has had in years.  He said it reminded him of the burgers his Aunt Mary and Uncle Moe use to make in their drive-in diner.  I had a pastrami sub which also was very good; pastrami was lean and tasty.  John helped me out by finishing off my sub and agreed that it was very good. They also hand-cut their own french fries and sweet potato fries.

So we get to the Ford dealer and they take the truck in for diagnostics.  They find nothing other than it appears that the dealership in Cortez didn't remove the code for the failed thermostats.  We have put on almost 2,000 miles since that happened and the OBD computer just detected it?  There were no other explanations; truck is  running fine and there is nothing wrong. Great news but sheesh.

On the drive back to Gunnison, we saw a number of RVs and vehicles towing boats on the road headed both east and west but nothing like we thought we would see.  We had only two RV's pull in today and the park is only half-full considering it is a major holiday.