Good Morning,
We are in Colorado and have been here for the last 2 weeks.  I have been writing my blog in my head for a week now but never sat down and put it in the computer.  Oh well, here it goes.
We spent the first week in Pueblo, Colorado which is located in the southeastern part of Colorado.  We stayed in a real interesting campground.  Our neighbors really neighed!!!  They boarded horses so we could watch 3 of them from our kitchen window.  The weather was as usual horrible.  We had one day with no rain until evening so we got moving and went to the Royal Gorge in Canon City.  We were driving up to look at the gorge when we saw a winery at Holy Cross Abby.  We decided to stop and look and taste just a little.  That was one of the best decisions we have made.  We walked around this lovely store and tasting room and then I did a little tasting and of course we had to buy some wine and a few other things!!  As we were talking with the clerk he told us about the train that goes through the gorge.  We flew out of there and drove up to the train station, parked the car and started hurrying.  The train was still there and a we were greeted by a couple of the ladies who work for the train.  They asked if we wanted to take the train and when we said yes they called the desk and the conductor to see if they would wait for us to get our tickets.  This was such a lucky day for us. This train ride was so worth the money and we got to have lunch on the train too.  It took a little more than 2 hours and we saw some beautiful scenery.  There is a reason they are called the Rocky Mountains!!!  After the train ride (Jack has some pictures that I hope he will post) we decided to circle around the area instead of backtracking.  This was a good hundred mile circle back to Pueblo!!!  At one point we had no idea where we were.  Jack says it didn't look that far on the map!!!  The next day started out nice so we decided to take a ride to Colorado Springs and find a Costco.  We needed to re-supply and it was sunny when we left.  Colorado Springs is only about 40 miles north of Pueblo so not too far.  We found the Costco and were walking around when we heard the thunder.  Oh well, we were inside and we could just go up and down the aisles and taste all the Costco goodies.  Then we heard this other sound and Jack looked up at the windows in the ceiling and it was hailing.  Ok we just took our time but it didn't stop.  So we checked out and went and stood in the covered area and looked at 2 inches of hail on the ground.  We have pictures of that also and a little film so you can hear the sound the hail made.  Of course, you have to wait for Jack to post them!!  We got the goodies in the car and started home and drove out of the bad weather.  About 5 miles down I-25 the sun was shining and the roads were dry.  But not for long.  We have certainly seen our share of bad weather and it didn't stop on that day.  We stayed home the next day and then on Saturday we went to downtown Pueblo and walked the riverwalk and stopped for a nice lunch.  Sunday we headed for the mall just to have a place to walk around as it was raining again. 
We do have better news for the next phase of Colorado.  We are in Ft. Collins, Colorado now and the weather has been better.  For some strange reason the storms are all around us but not here in Ft. Collins or Loveland (that's where our campsite is).  More to come on our visit in Ft. Collins but now I am going to have my breakfast.