Colorado Tour, Part Three
Following a delightful stay, productive, and profitable time in Woodland Park and Colorado Springs, I traveled back to Gunnison for another leg of the tour. Since LWB had bookings and clients in Woodland Park, she remained with plans to fly home a week later.
Taking up lodging once again at the beautiful home of Jim Swaim and Missy Kizer, I looked forward to another show at the Palisades as well as Jim’s cooking. One of the best parts of staying here is sitting on their front porch sipping coffee and engaging in conversation while looking out across the richly landscaped lawn. It was, in fact, named Yard of the Month in a Gunnison competition, but that doesn’t come close to doing it justice. Here, the visitor is treated to an unbelievable array of colors, multiple species of healthy, vibrant flowers, a carpet of manicured green lawn, and tribes of hummingbirds feasting upon the nectar. Nirvana!
A few hours prior to the evening concert, number one son Luke drove down from his home in Silt, a three-hour tour across miles of beautiful and winding mountain roads. Accompanying Luke was his well-mannered blue healer, Smokey. Following a lunch feast prepared by Swaim, Luke departed. He was in the middle of remodeling his house and wanted to things straightened up before his mother came for a visit in a few days.
The concert that evening was great fun for me and I got to see a few old Gunnison friends, including Harve and Linda Reese. Harve owns the best radio station in the valley.
The following morning I packed up to leave, all the while wishing I could stay for another week. After bidding these great people goodbye, I set out on a casual drive south on State Highway 149 through Lake City, Creede, and South Fork. This is one of the most beautiful and scenic drives in the entire state of Colorado, and that’s saying a lot. Though I wished to linger, I needed to return to Texas for some upcoming gigs.
Two days later I was hosting the Songwriters in the Round at the Famous Fuel Coffee House in Llano. Featured performers were five-time gold record songwriter Darryl Staedtler and rising star Jake Martin. Coming up soon on the booking agenda were a show with me and guitar-picking and songwriting sensation Buddy Case followed by featured appearances at the Mike Blakely Tex-Americana Fandango in Luckenbach.
All in all, not a bad way to earn a living.
Taking up lodging once again at the beautiful home of Jim Swaim and Missy Kizer, I looked forward to another show at the Palisades as well as Jim’s cooking. One of the best parts of staying here is sitting on their front porch sipping coffee and engaging in conversation while looking out across the richly landscaped lawn. It was, in fact, named Yard of the Month in a Gunnison competition, but that doesn’t come close to doing it justice. Here, the visitor is treated to an unbelievable array of colors, multiple species of healthy, vibrant flowers, a carpet of manicured green lawn, and tribes of hummingbirds feasting upon the nectar. Nirvana!
A few hours prior to the evening concert, number one son Luke drove down from his home in Silt, a three-hour tour across miles of beautiful and winding mountain roads. Accompanying Luke was his well-mannered blue healer, Smokey. Following a lunch feast prepared by Swaim, Luke departed. He was in the middle of remodeling his house and wanted to things straightened up before his mother came for a visit in a few days.
The concert that evening was great fun for me and I got to see a few old Gunnison friends, including Harve and Linda Reese. Harve owns the best radio station in the valley.
The following morning I packed up to leave, all the while wishing I could stay for another week. After bidding these great people goodbye, I set out on a casual drive south on State Highway 149 through Lake City, Creede, and South Fork. This is one of the most beautiful and scenic drives in the entire state of Colorado, and that’s saying a lot. Though I wished to linger, I needed to return to Texas for some upcoming gigs.
Two days later I was hosting the Songwriters in the Round at the Famous Fuel Coffee House in Llano. Featured performers were five-time gold record songwriter Darryl Staedtler and rising star Jake Martin. Coming up soon on the booking agenda were a show with me and guitar-picking and songwriting sensation Buddy Case followed by featured appearances at the Mike Blakely Tex-Americana Fandango in Luckenbach.
All in all, not a bad way to earn a living.
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