Around six, Jimbo and Joy and Ella pulled up to Ron’s house. Yay! Now the house is truly full of people and dogs; it’s an instant party. Ella and I got into the hot tub shortly after their arrival, and soon after that Amy showed up. Ron, Amy, Brett, and Jimbo enjoyed a beer on the deck while Ella and Joy and I soaked in the tub. Ella loves the hot tub, it was really fun in there with her. We kept trying to get her to sit on the edge of the tub to cool off because her face was all red but she wasn’t having it one bit. Three-year-old girls can squeal when they’re having fun!

Brett and Jimbo ran to the store down the hill for beers and smokes and just pulled back in; the huge pack of dogs – Prana, Bindu, Stella, Shiva, Jenny (Ginny), and Thea – all barrelled out to bark at them. It’s dog central.

This morning Ron took us to an adorable restaurant over near Ned(erland) for breakfast. I had a breakfast burrito: eggs, home fries, peppers, and olives in a flour tortilla with vegetarian chili, cheese, and sour cream on top. It was fucking awesome. If I’d had room I would have had one of the bloody marys Ron ordered!

After breakfast we went up to Josha’s house and hung out there for a couple hours. His place is really cool – some kind of upscale Swedish 70’s ski lodge kind of vibe. It’s sooo neat! There’s a rockin’ greenhouse with a hot tub and stone cooktop in it. It’s just a really neat place. Josha said it “needs some work” but what house doesn’t?

After that we came back to Ron’s and Brett and Ron played video games. I surfed for awhile and then took a nap.

Yesterday Brett and I went shopping for sleeping bags for Telluride next weekend; I got two tops and a pair of shoes, Brett got swim trunks (because I forgot to pack a pair for him) and a pair of pants and a pair of shoes. After Target and the sporting goods store we went to a used video game store where I got a GameBoy Adv SP camera (!!!) and Brett got two Xbox games to play on Ron’s console.

Last night I slept weird and screwed up my neck, so I’m off for the hot tub again. Vacation is sooooo fun! It’s so fun to have Joy here too! Yay! Ciao!
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