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EveningChin
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So I think I'm going to come down and check this out if the conditions aren't too bad. I of course won't be showing but I think I was really like to meet all of you and check out all the chinchillas.
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Lynn & The Chins
The Chinchilla WhisKerer
Well, I just got back from the Crawford show!!! What a trip!!! If you were following the weather on Friday, I left town in the middle of a doozy of a blizzard!! In short, the first FOUR HOURS it took me to go 90 miles from Denver to Silverthorne (just through the Eisenhower tunnel on I-70) were the worst!!! There were 38 inches of snow in the area where we sat in stopped traffic for 2 hours, watching it pile up.
I traveled in phone contact with Vicki and Bob Merritt and ChinManDan from Iowa who, as it turned out, were a couple of miles ahead of me. As I'm fond of saying, "I'm nothing, if not intrepid", so I said to myself, "If it takes me 4 hours to get to Vail, (normally a 1 1/2 hour drive) and it's still bad, I'll call it a day and go back." Well, after we were over the Continental Divide and on the down side of the tunnel, things improved greatly!!!
Thankfully, just about everyone made it to Crawford safe and sound. John and Diane Suhr from Greeley, Maynard Beitz from Ft. Collins, Luke, Jamie, Taylor and Tommy Faussette from Utah, Kim and LouAnne Sorenson, also from Utah, Vi Look and Cindy Zoeller from Steamboat Springs, Max and Joanne Otten (not sure from where) and a couple of others I didn't get the chance to meet; sorry if I left anyone out. Newcomers Ann and John and their son and daughter from Rock Springs, Wyoming attended their first show and I believe they had a great time and purchased some new animals as well. (Hope to see you there again next year, too!!!)
As always, Roger and Kathy Clark were wonderful and welcoming hosts of a great show and time!!! Their new puppy, Smoke, was a hit with everyone. And what's a chin show without a trip to the chin barn to look at new kits and all the lovely animals that didn't get to go to the show??? Thanks for that warm Western hospitality!!!
DANG, Luke, now that you're BANNED, who's going to post the results??? There were many beautiful animals, so I'll leave the details to the experts. A good time was had by all and I'm already excited about attending again next year.
I must tell you that the return trip home today was the most fun I've had in long time!!! Bob, Vicki, Dan and I took a different route back east, along the Black Canyon of The Gunnison River and drove through some spectacular scenery on the most beautiful blue-sky day on dry pavement and did some sightseeing along the way. Let's just say that Vicki, who has a fear of bridges, survived driving across the wooden bridge at the Royal Gorge 1,053 feet above the Arkansas River and has a T-shirt and refrigerator magnet to prove it!!! Man, that was a fun day, guys -- THANKS!!! :thumbsup:
This REALLY is a great show, and you should try to make it if you can!!!
I traveled in phone contact with Vicki and Bob Merritt and ChinManDan from Iowa who, as it turned out, were a couple of miles ahead of me. As I'm fond of saying, "I'm nothing, if not intrepid", so I said to myself, "If it takes me 4 hours to get to Vail, (normally a 1 1/2 hour drive) and it's still bad, I'll call it a day and go back." Well, after we were over the Continental Divide and on the down side of the tunnel, things improved greatly!!!
Thankfully, just about everyone made it to Crawford safe and sound. John and Diane Suhr from Greeley, Maynard Beitz from Ft. Collins, Luke, Jamie, Taylor and Tommy Faussette from Utah, Kim and LouAnne Sorenson, also from Utah, Vi Look and Cindy Zoeller from Steamboat Springs, Max and Joanne Otten (not sure from where) and a couple of others I didn't get the chance to meet; sorry if I left anyone out. Newcomers Ann and John and their son and daughter from Rock Springs, Wyoming attended their first show and I believe they had a great time and purchased some new animals as well. (Hope to see you there again next year, too!!!)
As always, Roger and Kathy Clark were wonderful and welcoming hosts of a great show and time!!! Their new puppy, Smoke, was a hit with everyone. And what's a chin show without a trip to the chin barn to look at new kits and all the lovely animals that didn't get to go to the show??? Thanks for that warm Western hospitality!!!
DANG, Luke, now that you're BANNED, who's going to post the results??? There were many beautiful animals, so I'll leave the details to the experts. A good time was had by all and I'm already excited about attending again next year.
I must tell you that the return trip home today was the most fun I've had in long time!!! Bob, Vicki, Dan and I took a different route back east, along the Black Canyon of The Gunnison River and drove through some spectacular scenery on the most beautiful blue-sky day on dry pavement and did some sightseeing along the way. Let's just say that Vicki, who has a fear of bridges, survived driving across the wooden bridge at the Royal Gorge 1,053 feet above the Arkansas River and has a T-shirt and refrigerator magnet to prove it!!! Man, that was a fun day, guys -- THANKS!!! :thumbsup:
This REALLY is a great show, and you should try to make it if you can!!!
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Hello Lynn, Glad to hear you had fun. Did you go back east with Bob and Vicki and Dan? I thought you lived in Denver? I bet that was fun.
I got pretty lucky as far as weather goes. A few rough spots on the way up but not to bad.
I had a wonderful time. My only regret was that I wasn't feeling super great so I didn't get to visit as much as I wanted. Next year hopefully I can break my curse. (cause altho. this may have been my first show that i was able to attend, I have owned chinnies for several yrs) It just seems every year I plan to go and every year something always happens. this year was almost the same. My hubbys brother has stage 4 melanoma and is very very sick so we thought we were going to have to leave and go up there. Then the weather was threatening to do us in. Plus my kids and I were just getting over the flu from last week when all of a sudden the night before we left i lost my voice!!! I almost didn't go but decided I just couldn't miss it. I hope everyone didn't think i was un-social cause really i'm not. It was just difficult speaking. I wanted to ask them so many more questions but couldn't. My hubby wasn't much help in the matter either. He would either mess up my questions or ask different ones. LOL Altho he gives me tons of support the "chinnies" aren't really his thing. He got mixed up easily.
I would like to thank everyone for a wonderful time!!!!!
hopefully next year I can fully break my curse and return for a even more wonderful time. Hey maybe I will even be able to speak. LOL
If no one else has the show results I could probably post them cause I wrote them down. Heck I bought a couple of them. LOL
I would also like to thank Roger and Kathy Clark for my beautiful standard and my gorgeous white. I will love and treasure them forever. I also would like to give thanks to Max and Joanne Otten for my stunning grand champion black velvet. (they are from UT as well. Central I think.) Also to Vicki for all your support through the whole thing. You are a sweetheart
I look forward to seeing you all again.
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MerrittChinchillas
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It was so beautiful in Colorado. As Lynn said we had a little blizzard to deal with, but we got there. Grand Show and RGS in standards went to Roger and Cathy Clark. GS in mutes went to Max Otten and Ann claimed it. RGS in mutes went to Roger Clark. We sold 4 animals and of course came home with a beautiful female from Roger Clark. Ann I enjoyed meeting and visiting with you and your family. I'm glad you enjoyed the show, it is so much fun and the hospitality is great.
Lynn, we had so much fun and really got to know each other. I'm very proud of myself for going over the bridge, I even looked down once. Thanks again for the t-shirt and magnet. See you in November. Give 2 Paws, Whiskers and
Snuggler a extra scritch from me tonight.
Lynn, we had so much fun and really got to know each other. I'm very proud of myself for going over the bridge, I even looked down once. Thanks again for the t-shirt and magnet. See you in November. Give 2 Paws, Whiskers and
Snuggler a extra scritch from me tonight.
