went to a place called Fantasy Orchids. The green house must
have been at least 50x50 and filled with orchids. Two or three
tiers of which were in blossom. It was fun. The fellow who owns
the place started growing orchids and enjoyed it so built a
little green house in his back yard. Soon, he was selling them
to his neighbors...and then further and further a field. He
built a bigger green house and quit his job. Now he sells all
over the world! The average price was $30.00 and there were at
least 100,000 in his green house! I said I hoped he had good
insurance.
Connie grows orchids, but she waits until she finds one in
KingSoopers which is beyond its time and on sale for $5.00. She
says the pots are usually worth more than that, but in any case,
she brings them around and in a few months they are blossoming
again. She didn't buy any at the $30.00 price.
Robert and I just went to an RV show in Longmont. On our trip I
saw a VAN, like ours, at an RV dealership as we drove by. It had
a "popout" so we were hoping to see how they had done it. We did
see a VAN with a popout, but it wasn't like ours.
We picked up a brochure for an RV storage place in Longmont.
Robert pointed out that we'll need such a place when we move to
Longmont. He knows that I have not been happy here since the
fire and flood...
We went to the RV storage place and met Mr. Anderson who owns
the place. He is a very interesting person. He is building
his own RV van from a dump truck chassis. He has interesting
innovations in it.
Robert got to sharing stories with him. He is a native of
Boulder and his father owned the little grocery store at the
corner of 9th and College. It's now called "A pretty good
little store." When Mr. A. was 11 he was driving his father's
truck to deliver groceries and he backed into a ladies car.
The police were called and he had to go to court. He KNEW
he was going to jail! The judge was very stern and asked
many questions about how it had happened and whether he had
learned anything and would he be more careful in the future,
and on and on. The kid was still sure he was going to jail
and waiting for the axe to fall. Finally, the judge banged
his gavel and said, "pay $25.00, case dismissed." He allowed
he was really careful after that! But he had to keep driving
because his dad had to run the store and he was the oldest of
4 boys.
Later, at lunch, Robert said that he wasn't ready to
move, but he was ready to start considering it in the not too
distant future. We'll not move right away, for sure, unless we
have another terrible flood. If that happens I think we'll both
be ready to move!
