Grand Junction

We went down to Grand Junction on Wednesday (about 2 1/2 hours away). The boys did pretty well in the car. We went down for an eye appointment for me, since our vision insurance does not cover any place in the two counties that we live by/in. It was a gorgeous day. We spent time at the mall. We of course had to stop at the play area for a little bit and let Ian run around. The mall was nice. They had two huge family bathrooms and two nursing rooms, with comfy chairs to sit in. We also stopped at Safeway and did our grocery shopping for the week. When we got home, I looked at our receipt and looks like Grand Junction may not have any tax on food. I have been noticing sales tax lately. Steamboat has a 1% higher tax than Craig, and there is a lower tax on food in both places than other stuff.

Yesterday was also a gorgeous day and warm (in the 50s). I took the boys down to the park for a little while in the morning. Jaiden fell asleep in the stroller on the way there and stayed asleep the whole time we were there. Ian had fun running around and playing. There was still snow on the ground, but it was manageable. Jaiden woke up on the way home. There are no sidewalks on the way to the park except right around the elementary school. There are some dirt/gravel paths, but they are very bumpy with a stroller. Ian and I also played outside around our place in the afternoon while Jaiden was taking a nap. We went around back and made it to our back porch, but it took some work. There is still a ton of snow in the back, there are places were in the snow went up to my knee. Ian was able to mostly just walk on top of the snow, but my feet kept sinking down in the snow.

Of course we woke up this morning with more snow on the ground. Spring will hopefully come and stay soon.