We toured 2 factories this week which will make me take on my husband's personna and walk down memory lane. When we did this trip in 1972 we toured Ford and Kellogg's. You could actually go inside these 2 factories and watch that famous car assembly line and see the corn flakes toasting in the ovens. We were dissapointed when Ford no longer allowed you in - sabotage, lawsuits, terrorists, etc... But Coors beer in Golden, CO semi lets you in - and we did go on this tour even though the Coors family are to the extreme right of every political issue ever. But to counter that, the next day we went to the Celestial Seasoning Tea factory which was founded by hippie types in the "summer of love" their quote not mine. Russell swore they began this business to hide the marijuana plants.
Our life has been taken over by the Olympics. And wasn't that 4/100 men's relay, in my brother in law Jeff's words, the best race ever in the history of races. And the US Men's gymnastic team's performance is why gymnastics is the most nerve wracking sport to watch.
Thank you to Joe and Sharon Wetzel for their hospitality Sunday night in Denver. Great wine, food, company and accomodations. Wonderful to have a home cooked meal. Joe worked with Russell at MPower. And we won't even mention how Sharon stole Russell's car keys. And to all of you who really know Russell, the control he used when he couldn't find his keys was worthy of an Oscar, Emmy and Tony combined.
We began our drive thru Wyoming. I remember this vividly from our trip here 36 years ago. The landscape has not changed. Cattle grazing, craggy, rolling hills and little signs of life. There are fewer people in Wyoming than in Rochester. This precipitated a heated argument between Russell and I about the fairness of every state having 2 Senators. I'll leave it to you to guess who was on what side. Putting that discussion aside, Wyoming is so American. Truly the wild west.
We saw the cornea specialist again today in Denver. Much to our surprise, he pronounced Russell's eye much better and was not so sure he should rush into the suggested procedure. Russell and I were flabbergasted as the new drops he takes every 2 hours and that we have fedexed to us once a week from CA should contribute to the eye not mending. But since no one really has a clue what to do with his eye - except not remove it as my sister in law Terry and I thought a strong possibility - Russell has still not forgiven us this lapse of judgement - we ran to our car and continued our trip before he could change his mind. We promised we'd see another cornea specialist as soon as possible - probably vancouver or seattle.
So the roaming Zuckermans are on the road again after 8 days in Colorado which is one amazing state. Hello Wyoming and Montana.
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