November 24, 2025. Monday.

We had to go to Paonia to pick up our Allison’s Pantry order as Chris couldn’t make it until Wednesday. We drove as far up Minnesota Creek as we dared go. We got to just below the dam for Beaver Reservoir. It was too muddy to go further. We did quite a bit of sliding as the tires tread got filled with mud. At one point we stopped and I used a stick to clean the tires some as we were headed down a fairly steep hill and didn’t want to slide crossways on the way down. A little anxious moment or two but all ended well. We saw quite a few deer and a few bucks. The Kendall’s own a lot of property up there and invited us to come any time. We ate supper at Zacks. Pulled pork sandwich and fries. It was a very good day. A big car wash job is coming tomorrow. OMD EM1 III