It was nice to get away to Golden last weekend. Even we don't have anything to get away from. The Alpine Meadows Lodge was very nice. It is out of Golden and though you drive up, up this back road that has only one house on it, once you are at the lodge you are looking down over Golden. We were the only people staying there; Irv and Maria were our hosts. They were very friendly but as I said to Geoff, we really weren't there to visit them. The only thing was the lodge was cold outside the bedrooms, so couldn't sit in the common area to read or anything without a sweater. Not that we were
there that much. Went to Radium on Saturday and spent a couple of hours in the hot springs which felt so good although a bit strange to be in warm water with snow all around. It was great to see Lisa and Richard, they are always good to visit with. Got home Sunday to hear that it had been snowing here all weekend and some people were worried about us driving. But it was all good. Geoff was happy because with all the entering and leaving national parks, we never had to pay the fee.