Heading West

Back in early May, Christie and I accompanied Karen on a cross-country road trip to her summer job in Creede, Colorado. Karen is a set carpenter and spent the last two months in the scene shop for Creede Repertory Theatre.

Creede is a very small old mining town in Mineral County. In fact, the only town and the county seat. The citizens rely on tourism for their livelihood and we had a great visit. While we were there, folks extolled the benefits of returning in the summer and everyone I interacted with asked me to come back.

Karen and I both smiled. I said I thought my husband would really enjoy a visit. In our minds we thought "yeah, right." But Dad surprised us both and now I get to go west for the second time this year. The trip may be a little easier--by plane instead of car. It makes this mother's heart happy to spend Karen's birthday with her.