The Road Trip, part 12

Day 11 -- Bedrock, staying put for a day

Amalie loves feeding the horses, both pitching hay and treating them with apples and carrots. The horses have figured they're on to a good thing, and show happy horse signs -- whinnying, thrashing their heads -- when she draws near.

Carson and I did a grocery run in the afternoon -- up the valley and out to Naturita, about 21 miles. A small store but well-stocked, we found everything we wanted but fresh corn. We bought some frozen corn on the cob instead, and it was delicious at dinnertime.

Both Jenny and Dickie Joe spent all day in the fields, prepping for winter planting. Carson and Amalie both helped out for most of the late afternoon. I cooked dinner and had everything ready at 7:30 and no one came in (including Val, who was taking pictures) for almost an hour. There were no leftovers by the time everyone ate up, though.

Jenny and Dickie Joe kept at the field work into the night, as all the heavy equipment has headlights and they wanted to finish.