We decided four days ago to cancel the rest of our trip. Laura’s father Joe is 94 and had a setback. He fell twice over three days last week and was too weak to get out of bed and was not eating well. So we drove three days back to Henderson, Kentucky. Joe has rallied in the last days and seems back to his usual self now, frail but in no discomfort. We would like Laura’s parents to get some in-home help but they continue to say no to that. So Nan at nearly 89 remains a full-time caretaker with no help. Laura, and I will head back to North Carolina, seven hours away, and hope for the best.
We are disappointed to miss our planned time in southern Colorado and Utah, but we completed the majority of things that we had originally planned. I am now two national parks behind on my blogging. I did not anticipate how difficult it would be to find the time and the Wi-Fi access required for posting photographs, but should catch up soon. We had six nice days in the Great Teton National Park in Wyoming and six days in Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado.
We had an interesting drive back to Kentucky; here are some pictures from the return trip:
I am fond of a plesiosaurs!
Sorry to hear you had to cut this trip short, but we are grateful for the many beautiful and interesting photos and tidbits you sent our way, —and the campsite at Rock Creek Recreation Park looks lovely. Bob and I also cut short a trip this week. We were at Bald Head Island and had to get off due to the approaching hurricane….