July 31, 2018
Drive from Lake Irwin Campground to Pine, Co through Buena Vista (aka Buena Disaster!)
Wake up
We let ourselves sleep in as long as possible. Kevin had started a fire so that drew us up. We left the tent unzipped so it could dry out. A few minutes later I went back to change to find a hummingbird stuck in the tent. I called (screamed) for Jason to come over and he grabbed the camera and snapped a few before letting our hummingbird friend go. 
I made the most tasty breakfast today!! Grilled PB&J!
Here is my “Grilled PB and J” dance! 
We packed up and got on the road by 11. It was going to be another 4 hours home. At this point Jason is in the mode when it comes to driving. Who am I to argue with that?
Lunch
We decided to stop about 2.5 hours into the trip home at a town called Buena Vista. All in all, it was an adorable town. We had gotten there before Kev and Chris because they are towing a camper so we stopped at a park near what used to be a dog friendly brewery. Not only was it no longer dog friendly on the patio, they had set up this area with stone and a hitching post where you could tie your dog up while you eat. Now while I appreciate having a stop outside so people don’t leave their dogs either at home for long periods of time or in their potentially too hot cars, I did not like this hitching post idea. While there were big water bowls, the entire area was in FULL SUN at the time of arrival (right around 2:30pm). Not fun for the dogs at all! Obviously since we’ve brought our dogs across country with us for our vacation, they are considered family and I don’t want to eat somewhere where they can’t be under my feet. This would stress Patch out and Bear would feel defensive. So we left. Drive around town but obviously the health inspector recently cracked down here and no place would allow the dogs to be at the tables with us. Kev and Chris decided to wait to eat until the 1.5 hour ride home, but I was hungry.
We found a place that had a couple of vegan items so we grabbed lunch to go.
Thai Basil Pesto with carrot ginger soup. 
Home Base
We winded through the roads and saw more deer along the way. No moose this time! We made it home just before 5pm. Unloading the vehicles, SHOWERING, and getting into PJs early was just what the night was calling for. It’s been awesome to be on an extended vacation because lazy days and nights don’t seem wasted at all.
Dinner was a quick soup and tacos. The soup is from a place not even a half hour away that Chris used to work at called Da Kind. Amazing place! More about that later. 
Vegan On the Rhode 