Silverton Train Ride

by Ann Today Billy… and Ann went for a ride on the Silverton Train. The train took us from Durango…. along the beautiful and clear… roaring Animas River… over bridges…

past waterfalls … and old silver mines… to the town of Silverton.  We traveled 50 miles in 3 1/2 hours. Our first stop was the Shady Lady Saloon a former brothel…. to have  lunch. We then took a stroll around town… to shop and find some ice cream.We then boarded the train for our 3 1/2 hour journey back…

past waterfalls.. beautiful mountain scenery… and glorious river views. 

It was truly a day of marveling at the beauty of God’s creation.

Backyard Bible Club

by Ann Today I served God by helping with a Backyard Bible Club.  Our bible story was David and Goliath.  We had 20 kids.  Here they are lining up for snacks. We played some games. Pastor Joel led the music.Here I am with my new friend Emma.  She, her three brothers, one sister and her parents are serving here with Carpenter’s Hands from Henderson, NC.Billy worked on the siding of the sanctuary. Clyde helped.

Tonight Guenther took Billy and I out to eat at the Palace in Durango.

Sunday to South Fork

by Ann What a wonderful day the Lord has made. We started out with Sunday School. After morning worship we were served a wonderful lunch of salad and lasagna by the church.This will be the third work week for Carpenter’s Hands.  This is Mike and Beth, their fearless leaders. Syble and Don Roy and Juanita Carolyn and Clyde After lunch we traveled over the mountain to South Fork to visit our friends David and Sharon White.  David is the coordinator for the Colorado projects.  They are building an addition onto a church there.  On the way we went past Chimney Rock… and through Wolf Creek Pass.  This is the view going up the mountain and looking back where we came from.We saw this water fall coming out of the rocks right next to the road. We were invited to join David, Sharon and the volunteer team for dinner  up this mountain in Willow Park subdivision…. at Ron and Rebecca’s beautiful home. They had a table in their kitchen that sat 16. Wow!  I loved it. We had a great meal and good fellowship with the team from David and Sharon’s home church in Lexington.

San Juan Skyway

by Ann Since Billy arrived in Bayfield on May 23 he has worked six days a week.  Whenever someone was going sightseeing and they invited him to go along he would say “I’ll wait until Ann gets here.”  So today we went on the San Juan Skyway Loop  and the Million Dollar Highway.  The views were beautiful.  I’m always on the lookout for waterfalls. Our second stop was at Molas Pass with an elevation of 10,899 feet. When we drove up we saw some of the Carpenter’s Hands group.  Here is Clyde and Jimmy. Our next stop was Box Canon Park where the water flows down through a narrow canyon.  You can walk into it and it’s like being in a cavern.  

The water is really rushing through and it is very misty.

When we hiked up the High Bridge Trail.

The view from the top. Me on the bridge. We went into town of Ouray for lunch.  We decided to stop at a outdoor taco stand.  Guess who was there?  Carpenter’s Hands. We had been told you could get a free gondola ride in Telluride so we did that.  The gondola was the public transportation from the town of Telluride over to the large ski resort, Mountain Village.

The remainder of the loop was uneventful and really sort of boring.  We stopped for dinner back in Durango at Serious Texas Barbecue.

Friday Rainbow Morning

by AnnFriday morning before we got up we heard some comotion going on outside.  When I looked out the window we saw a herd of sheep going by.  Someone estimated that there was about 1000 of them. Here’s one of their shepherds. “A few minutes late we heard “Look at the rainbow”.   If you look closely, you can see that it was a double.  Then for the rest of the morning we got lots of rain. These ladies in the kitchen… let me help just a little bit.

Billy spend most of the morning in high places putting in blocker boards.  Then he took me to a couple of thrift stores.  I found three sandwich glass sherbet dishes. Some of the girls made these cupcakes yesterday.  I thought they were so cute.  They have a mini vanilla wafer face, a marshmallow pillow and body &  jellybean feet. Their blankets are made with a Starburst which was softened in the microwave and rolled out flat.  All hair and facial features are decorator icing.