September 3 - 6 Aurora, Colorado

September 14, 2024  •  Leave a Comment

Cherry Creek State Park

Here we are again, back into the land of traffic – Yuck! Not being used to freeways for a while, we made our way out of the mountains to just outside the Denver area.

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What a hidden gem of a campground! We pulled in and wow, what a pretty area. The sites were huge and wide, with plenty of open space all around. We loved it….

We chilled for a few days and did some paperwork.

 

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In the spirit of helping, a neighbor camper needed help moving his trailer after his truck engine blew up. The camp host helped him find another unoccupied site. Mike helped him move his trailer to another site.

 

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The highlight of our stay here was getting to see the daughter of a very good friend of ours, Grace Ellinghaus and her boyfriend Dylan. Her family lived next to us when we lived in Northern Virginia. We hadn’t seen her since we left in 2003, and it was great to catch up over some yummy Mexican food. We’ve known her since she was born. In fact, Mike drove her mom Lacey to the hospital in the midst of a snowstorm to deliver her!!!

 

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We met another friend from Donna’s time in the Philippines. Kim Sargeant with her hubby Jody, took us to dinner at a yummy Italian place. Although Donna’s family and Kim’s family were in Subic Bay at the same time, Kim’s family moved back to the states in 1974, a year after Donna arrived. Donna was several years ahead of her in school so they only met each other through school reunions here in the US. We saw her when we were in Vegas last month and here we are again, enjoying some real catch-up time!!!

 

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