Goodbye, Gunn Ranch

We couldn’t think of a better way to bid adieu to the ranch than a little run down the dirt road. M had orchestrated this excellent plan that we’d run down the hill and then get someone to come pick us up, so we didn’t have to run back up. Bryan graciously agreed to be our sherpa and a group of us headed out. It’s still hard for this city girl to wrap her mind around this long expanse of empty dirt road:

We started all together, but eventually everyone found their pace: Jennifer way out front, Heather & Timmion running together, and M & I ran together. I had to stop and take a picture of the view:

But eventually we got down to business and finished our run. It was a nice gradual downhill, so it felt nice and easy. At the end, we had to stop and take pictures. Here’s M, looking fierce:

And me, goofing around:

And being a little less silly…

We finished our run and Bryan picked us up right on schedule. After a flurry of breakfast eating, showering and packing up, people started heading out. M & I managed to cram all of our crap into the car and hit the road around noon with the plan to poke around in Winthrop before we hit the road. And boy, was I glad we did because Winthrop is a gold-mine of amusing photo opportunities, starting with this guy:

Winthrop is a really cute little town that has all of these Western facades on all of the buildings:

We stopped to have our fortunes told by this ol’ miner:

We found this great gift shop that we knew was awesome from the first sight of this awesome cross-eyed cougar:

I mean, there was some spectacular merchandise to be had:

I also really enjoyed this mural:

After our tour of historic Winthrop, we headed for home. We’d mapped out a different route home, so that we could take in some new scenery. For the most part, it was very pleasant but unexpectedly we hit some traffic. Really baffling traffic, we’d sit without moving for 15-20 minutes and then it would be totally gone. Rinse and repeat. After an hour or so of this, punchiness set in and we started taking pictures of some of the amusing things we’d see from the car window. Here are the highlights, hillbillies burning trash in an oil barrel:

Sunbleached nativity scene:

And this weird town where two different churches had been converted into hippie shops:

But eventually traffic lightened and we made our way home, to regale the husbands with our adventures. Excellent Memorial Day weekend, many thanks to Erin & Timmion for inviting us.