{"id":46,"date":"2013-07-12T03:21:00","date_gmt":"2013-07-12T03:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/beltguy.com\/blog\/2013\/07\/12\/hello-from-dillon-co\/"},"modified":"2013-07-12T03:21:00","modified_gmt":"2013-07-12T03:21:00","slug":"hello-from-dillon-co","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beltguy.com\/Travelogue\/?p=46","title":{"rendered":"Hello from Dillon, CO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hello from Dillon, CO<\/p>\n<p>Thursday evening July 11 2013&nbsp;&nbsp; (First travelogue of this trip).<\/p>\n<p>I have written some \u201cconvoluted\u201d travelogues, but I think this one sets the record.&nbsp; I started writing this one on Tuesday June 25 when we were in Dillon.&nbsp; <\/p>\n<p>This is a quick trip in our PT Cruiser.&nbsp; Saturday (6\/22) we drove to Dillon to spend a few days with daughter Kelly and her family at their townhouse.&nbsp; We all love staying here.&nbsp; It is so cozy and the granddaughters love to have us stay in their bedroom.&nbsp; This will be the last time for quite a while, as they have leased it to a couple for two years.&nbsp; When the bought the townhouse a few years ago it was their plan to rent\/lease the unit as much as they could.&nbsp; This two year lease is a great from the financial point of view, but is a bit sad that they can&#8217;t enjoy it for a while.<\/p>\n<p>Monday was Madison&#8217;s 10th birthday and we had a great time celebrating.&nbsp; We went to the marina, had frozen yogurt, and took in a movie (Monsters&#8217; University).&nbsp; All in all, a very relaxing day.<\/p>\n<p>Tuesday we spent half the day with Kelly and her family and then drove to Black Hawk.&nbsp; Pat and I laugh that they offered me two free nights at the Ameristar.&nbsp; When I have been there in the past, I spend maybe an hour at the machines and then go off and do something else.&nbsp; Pat really enjoys the machines, but I can only handle it for a short period.&nbsp; She hit a good jackpot fairly quickly.&nbsp; Of course, that dwindled down at a pretty fast pace.&nbsp; I think she came out even or a bit ahead \u2013 don&#8217;t ask about me {grin}.&nbsp; As we have written in the past, the Ameristar is a fantastic place and it would be hard not to enjoy being there.&nbsp; <\/p>\n<p>After Black Hawk, we returned home.&nbsp; On Thursday or Friday, we got a call from Molly (Kelly&#8217;s daughter) saying that they were going to rent a \u201cspeed boat\u201d and wanted us to come up Saturday (6\/29).&nbsp; She was so cute about how she asked up (\u201cwon&#8217;t cost you a cent\u201d) that we just could not resist.&nbsp; We spent a bit over half a day there.<\/p>\n<p>To make things even more convoluted, I am posting this from Everett, WA.&nbsp; More in the next travelogue.<\/p>\n<p>That is all for this trip.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hello from Dillon, CO Thursday evening July 11 2013&nbsp;&nbsp; (First travelogue of this trip). 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