Colorado Trip! Day 5
You go to Colorado Springs, you go up Pikes Peak, that’s how this works. And, as someone that grew-up at altitude, I feel it my duty to acclimatize the low-land family to being less than three miles up 🙂 We headed out fairly early in the morning to avoid any potential late-day thunderstorms and/or clouds. That plan was good as when we came down later in the day, the peak was covered in thunderstorms. Brian really enjoyed tracking our progress by mile-marker on his map. We are up there a...
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Time to take the kids to the zoo where they belong! Wait, we’re just visiting the zoo? Oh, okay, that’s cool too 🙂 It has been nearly four years since we visited the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo. Today, we made our return with Kendall on the outside! Each time I return, I’m amazed how much it has improved since I was a kid in Colorado. They have reduced the quantity of animals, but have really increased the quality of the enclosures. The elephant exhibit is really amazing, and this...
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Another beautiful Colorado day! Today’s adventures started with quick lunch/brunch in Manitou Springs. Then we were off to the United States Air Force Academy to tour the grounds. I intended on showing Kendall and Brian my old Elementary school where I went to first grade. However, with the enhanced security in place, the cadets guarding the roads wouldn’t let me go that direction by the stadium. So, we took in the B-52 exhibit, followed by the visitor’s center. We watched...
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We looked at the forecast for the week in the greater southern Colorado region to find the best weather day to do an all day excursion. And today is that day. We are off to the Great Sand Dunes National Park! It’s quite a few hours to get there, so we decided to have lunch at All-Gon Pizza in Fort Garland. The food was really good and we were able to eat outside on the patio, which is always fun. It’s an interesting place that sells both Italian and Mexican cuisine! After the quick...
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After an extra-long day getting here, we made it to our first full day in Colorado! Our “altitude adjustment day” consisted of a few small trips in and around Colorado Springs. We spent a lot of time in Grandpa Roger and Grandma Cheryl’s big back yard. Some time was seeing the chickens, some time was spent playing games (typically Uno), and some time eating! Inside, we spent time solving puzzles and playing with cats. Our first outing was to the Starsmore Visitor and Nature...
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Whew! Â Today was a long one. Â It started off with a Lowes Build and Grow for Brian, where he made a sweet Avenjet (the Avengers’ jet) with Iron Man. Â Later, we were off to the airport to start our trip to Colorado! Â The kids were super pumped up, and the free goodie bags the Fast Park & Ride folks gave them made it that much more exciting. Â We made it to our gate and then… Â Waited. Â And waited. Â And waited some more. Â Some genius managed to spill fuel all around outside of the...
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