Haven't written for a few days because daughter and I have been in Colorado Springs for the past 5 days. I avoid posting the information online while I'm out of town, plus have a number of security measures in place at home, both active and passive.
Any way, we had a lot of fun while we were there. Saw Garden of the Gods, Manitou Cliff Dwellings, part of Pike's Peak, Santa's Workshop, Cheyenne Mountain Zoo and Red Rocks Open Space.
Had a Clark Griswold moment. Talked for several days about how wonderful 7 Falls is and how much she would love it. We drove to get there, bought a picnic lunch, got lost on the way but found our way. Then drove up to the gates and found them locked. Immediately on the other side of the gates, it looked like a huge bomb had gone off. Seems not long after I was there last year, the place was hit with a flood which completely destroyed the road and several of the structures in the park.
On top of that, Royal Gorge is still closed because of a fire last May which did extensive damage.
Oh, well. We got to ride two skyrides, one at the zoo and one at Santa's Workshop. She also got to swim every night.
Wound up being a little bit of a waste to spend the money on the hotel with the water slide. In two nights, she only went down the slide once. I know part of that was because of the line and the chaotic behavior of large groups of teenagers at the pool. There was no control of either group by the adults with them. (I was waiting for some of the teenage girls to start stripping because they stopped just short of doing just that.) However, the other pool was freezing cold.
She picked up several rocks plus we bought a few. When we could not go to 7 Falls, we stopped and had a picnic at the state park just outside the gates, went exploring a bit and she made her own walking stick.
I think it rained every day we were gone, starting on the drive up there. Not badly enough to have big impact on our activities. Rained pretty hard coming home, making the drive longer. She still did great on the ride and enjoyed it.
Any way, we had a lot of fun while we were there. Saw Garden of the Gods, Manitou Cliff Dwellings, part of Pike's Peak, Santa's Workshop, Cheyenne Mountain Zoo and Red Rocks Open Space.
Had a Clark Griswold moment. Talked for several days about how wonderful 7 Falls is and how much she would love it. We drove to get there, bought a picnic lunch, got lost on the way but found our way. Then drove up to the gates and found them locked. Immediately on the other side of the gates, it looked like a huge bomb had gone off. Seems not long after I was there last year, the place was hit with a flood which completely destroyed the road and several of the structures in the park.
On top of that, Royal Gorge is still closed because of a fire last May which did extensive damage.
Oh, well. We got to ride two skyrides, one at the zoo and one at Santa's Workshop. She also got to swim every night.
Wound up being a little bit of a waste to spend the money on the hotel with the water slide. In two nights, she only went down the slide once. I know part of that was because of the line and the chaotic behavior of large groups of teenagers at the pool. There was no control of either group by the adults with them. (I was waiting for some of the teenage girls to start stripping because they stopped just short of doing just that.) However, the other pool was freezing cold.
She picked up several rocks plus we bought a few. When we could not go to 7 Falls, we stopped and had a picnic at the state park just outside the gates, went exploring a bit and she made her own walking stick.
I think it rained every day we were gone, starting on the drive up there. Not badly enough to have big impact on our activities. Rained pretty hard coming home, making the drive longer. She still did great on the ride and enjoyed it.
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