Another trip to Springerville (Tues.)

As we got dressed this morning, Joe suggested we go to town and do laundry since we were running out of jeans and long socks.  Today was the day for the smoked brisket, and Jeff was out early with the smoker going.  In fact, when I first went outside, he was about to smoke us out.

Sherry had volunteered to fix breakfast burritos this morning, so after our delicious breakfast, we headed to town.  Brenda had wanted to go shopping while we were here, so she and Sherry picked me up at the laundramat, and Joe brought our laundry back to the RV AND PUT IT AWAY.  Shocking!  Jeff had to stay close to the smoker so he and Danny stayed at camp.

We didn't find any shopping treasures, so after lunch in town we women headed back to camp.  On the way, Sherry spotted a deer, then a small herd of 10-12 elk pretty close to the road.  When we arrived at camp, Jeff had the brisket just about done, so we had an early dinner.  Jeff's brisket was wonderful!

We called the Brundiges for an update and to sing Happy Birthday to Collins, who turned 71 today.  He had been to the doctor, and has some tests, including a colonoscopy, facing him, and they took him off some of his medications thinking that may be the cause of his problems.  Hopefully, they will get something figured out.

After dinner was cleared away, we all made a run up to the top of Green's Peak (approx. 10,120 ft.), and the view from the top was worth the ride.

and I finally got some pictures of our campsite, minus the Brundige units (motorhome and quad trailer).  Joe rode in the Arctic Cat with Jeff, and Brenda finally got to ride her quad.

And I figured out why the cows invade our campsite.  Apparently they like to check out the fire ring to see if there is anything left in there to their liking (or licking).

When we got back from our run up to the Peak, they were just about to enter our campground, led by Danny's red bull.