Thursday, May 5, 2011

ReStore

Wood Molding
Discovered KC's "ReStore"- Habitat For Humanity's home improvement thrift store. The large Deramus Avenue warehouse is filled with items donated by contractors- surplus new goods, as well as used items removed from home renovations. Profits go towards HFH's cause. They have just about everything (nuts and bolts, bathtubs, sinks, cabinetry, etc.), well organized with large overhead banners identifying the categories.
Vanity Lighting Fixtures

Gallon-Sized Paint and Stain

Salvaged Double Hung Windows

French Doors

Flat Panel Interior Doors

Nuts & Bolts

Ceramic Tile From 25¢

Outdoor Yard Of Granite Countertops, Brick & Roofing

Salvaged Banisters


Porcelain Tile- $1/ea.

New & Used Lighting

New Paint Rollers, Brushes, Pans & Dropcloths

5 Gallon Paint

Monday, May 2, 2011

Road Trip, Day 5: Colorado Springs, CO - Kansas City, MO

 
Windy mountain roads give way to the straight-as-an-arrow interstates of the prairies. Deciduous trees leaf out as we travel east.



Grain silo.
Diana's handcrafted greeting.

Road Trip, Day 4: Durango, CO - Colorado Springs, CO

Spectacular vistas of the National Forests of the Rockies, occasionally passing through quaint old mining towns nestled in valleys.




Silverton, CO
Silverton, CO



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Road Trip, Day 3: Cameron, AZ - Durango, CO


Continued northwest on small highways into Utah where we drove through Monument Valley, then east into the Rocky Mountains of Colorado.
Monument Valley










Road Trip Day 2: Blythe, CA - Cameron, AZ

Took small highways through the Arizona desert. Picnicked in Prescott's main square, walked the hills of old mining town Jerome, drove through the red hills of Sedona, stayed at the Cameron Trading Post Hotel overlooking the Colorado River Gorge.




Jerome, AZ



Navigation Screen Through Sedona

Road Trip Day 1: Fullerton, CA - Blythe, CA







Picked up Diana in Fullerton. Stopped to take in the blooming ocotillo and palo verde near the southern entrance of Joshua Tree National Monument.
Ocotillo
Palo Verde