Colorado Springs, CO

Donna, Avery, Barb

Sunday morning view from Garden of the Gods Campground

We've had a great visit with Barb & Avery while here in Colorado Springs.  Yep, seven years is just way too long between visits.  We'll have to do this way more often.

While we've seen most of the sights of Colorado Springs, it was good to be back for a few days.  Our weather was a little cooler than expected plus the "frozen precipitation" & low clouds hung around a little longer than the local meteorologists expected.  It happens - it just seems to happen to meteorologists more often than the rest of us! 

Anyway, we survived and had a beautiful Sunday to show for it.  Donna, Barb, & Avery got in some shopping time.  I got to go to Camping World and buy them out (and spend all day Saturday watching football).  And we found this neat little restaurant called "The Mason Jar".  Speaking of "The Mason Jar" - is it just me, or does anyone else think it strange that Cracker Barrel sells "Yankee" Candles?  Think about it.  Cracker Barrel specializes in cornbread, fried okra, and chicken dumplings.  And then sells something with the word "Yankee" in it?

But I digress.  If all goes well, we move to Las Vegas (New Mexico) tomorrow.  Tuesday it's on to Grants, NM, and Wednesday is suppose to be Holbrook, AZ for a couple of days and a short visit to Petrified Forest Natl Park/Painted Desert.  Friday we move to Williams, AZ for a week to have the truck serviced and a day or two in Grand Canyon Natl Park with a side trip to Meteor Crater.  At least that's the plan.  Later, David 

No trip to Colorado Springs is complete with out a visit to Garden of the Gods State Park.