It’s now 8:00 p.m. mountain time as I sit writing this post. Our last night in the cabin. Tomorrow we head home, tackling the huge state of Nebraska with the hopes of making Council Bluffs, Iowa as our first stop in the eastward trek home. Sometimes with all the animals on board I feel like we should be piloting a covered wagon instead. But then it would take us much longer than 3 travel days to reach our final destination.

It’s sad, but I think we are all ready. The dogs watched us getting out the suitcases, loading things in the Suburban, and finally as a last chore tonight, loading their crates. They know we are going and they seem okay with it. The cats didn’t even freak out like the usually do when we bring their kitty crates in from the front porch so they aren’t too cold to load them into in the morning. Usually they hide in anticipation of the trip home. Not today. As “at home” as the cabin is, it’s not home.  New Jersey is home now. For now. We are not sure what the future holds as far as our place of residence. We’ll let it unfold as it should.

We saw Mr. Moose again the other night. Same moose, nearly the same location, different night. I was lucky to get this shot as it was getting pretty dark.

The dogs will miss their walks in the high prairie and big sky.

We’ve seen so many hawks this time around, I am certain they will not miss us.

Bella will certainly miss her daily dips in the pond.

We will miss the true unfolding of Fall here but we know we’ll have our own glorious display in NJ.

So many things I could have/should have blogged about but in the end went unspoken.

We know we will miss the people, creatures and flora of this special place, but will it miss us?

Love the photo of the white bark tree with the yellow leaf!  The best vacations are in places we love!

Places go on without us, don’t they?

Colorado is the one place I have lived that I have been okay to come home to after a vacation.

Jan, thanks. It’s an aspen and one lone leaf had turned and got caught on its way down to the ground. It caught my eye.

Becky, yes, places, friends, etc., do go on with or without us. It’s sobering. I think New Jersey is an okay place to come home to after vacation too. Different than Colorado, but home in its own right. There are things I actually missed about NJ while in Colorado, believe it or not, but that is the fodder for a different blog post.
Take care of CO for me.

Hah! My verification word is “where” ?

that last photo is just gorgeous lynne.
it sounds like a good visit - I hope you’ll find home a good place to be.