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Ride the Rockies, Day 3 – Durango Loop

What do you do in Durango when you can't ride, you left your hand-quilting project at home, your husband opts not to ride so he can spend the day with you, and you decide after both of you sleep in that any long drive is out of the question?

Easy! You finish winding the hand-dyed thread you whipped up at home last weekend while your sweet husband tinkers with his bike in preparation for the biggest challenge of the week tomorrow.


You take pictures of him working on his bike to submit in the daily photo contest.


(Here's the winning shot by Jake Nixon...) (STIFF competition this year!!!)

Here you see almost 2,000 cozy cyclists in their natural habitat. Sweet dreams of sore butts and long climbs fill the air for the coming days of #ridetherockies. #photocontest #leisure

A post shared by Jake Nixon (@thejakenixon) on Jun 13, 2017 at 11:36am PDT

You visit the Durango Quilt Shop... with the love of your life!!! (And curl your toes when he admires just as many different fabrics as you! Especially the batiks!)






You accompany the love of your life to the local bike shop when he discovers his freehub with 20,000 miles on it is failing. And dream about a week-long summer vacation with a two-year-old granddaughter...




You check out cruiser bikes, just in case that's what the doctor recommends when all the blasted tests are done.


You laugh at the socks.


You take more pictures of the man of your dreams as he installs his new freehub and then test rides the bike. In street clothes!


You play with his spare tube while he's not looking.


You crochet while he works, if it doesn't hurt your sore elbow too much...






And you dream about the quilt shop panels that got away (because you resisted and didn't buy them).






Linking up with Busy Hands Quilts, Crazy Mom Quilts and Confessions of a Fabric Addict.

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