We found great coffee for breakfast, along with some fresh tomatoes and squash. The fudge sample was great, but the zucchini bread was something we had to have – they put streusel on top!
We met Laura, who was making a steady stream of very tasty crepes. There was a hint of Scottish in her voice, and it turns out that the University of Edinburgh Women’s Water Polo Team shirt is not just for show – she attended school there and played on the team for 3 years. We also learned that in addition to a full-time job, she makes crepes at the Farmers Market and has a small place called “The Black Goat” – all because she just loves to cook.
We found The Black Goat on our stroll around town and it looks like we’ll have to stop on our way back to Flagstaff for some brats and coffee.
All the vendors at the Farmers Market were sold out of eggs, but a lady with eggs for sale came into the local quilt store while we were there and was happy to sell us a half-dozen (just perfect for our needs). We also learned that there was a car show at the local park.
It doesn’t look like much, but Liquid Assets is always on our list of places to visit in Cortez. They have one of the most wonderful selections of French and German wines, plus local Colorado wines that we love.
When we came out of City Market, we discovered that the split-screen bus we had seen at the car show was parked right near us. Steve, the owner, let me drive it to put his “Love Bus” and our “Non-Hippie Bus” together so that we could get some photos of them together. It turns out that Steve is also the owner of a 1972 Porsche 914. He’d never heard of 914World.com or of our regular get-togethers, but now I won’t be surprised to see him in 3 weeks at the 9th annual Red Rocks Classic in Durango.
The last stop in town was at Wal-Mart, and we came out the wind was picking up and the skies looked like this. We were hoping that maybe we’d outrun it, but it turned out to be one of the worst storms we’ve driven through. As we went up the Dolores River canyon there was torrential rain, 1/4 inch hail, and tree branches being blown onto the road. The rain continued once we arrived at Priest Gulch, but was pretty light. We’re hoping that the monsoons have rained themselves out for now and we’ll have several days of sunny, but cool weather.
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