Wednesday, October 27, 2010 - Hay Day

Having been unable to contact a local hay provider, Hubby and I decided to take a ride up to Westcliffe, west of Pueblo, which is a center for hay growing in the area. It's more than an hour away, but it was a pleasant day, though a bit chilly. We had had some rain on Monday which was snow on the mountain tops, and the closer we got to Westcliffe the higher the altitude and the more snow was on the ground. Apparently they had had 3 inches of snow. The hay was very nice, a nice green grass mix, bales were back to normal size (thank goodness), about 65 pounds at $5 a bale. Two guys had us loaded up in no time. We decided to drive into Pueblo and do our shopping and have a meal, so we wouldn't have to worry about going into Walsenburg for groceries over the next few days. This was the first time Hubby has been a passenger in our new truck (he was in the back seat during the test drive, but that's all), and he really enjoyed himself. He could certainly understand why I was in love with Einstein, even though he wasn't towing anything so he couldn't really show off much :-). We had a nice meal at a Chinese restaurant (with enough leftovers for another huge meal), shopped at Walmart, then headed home, getting back about 6:00.