Colorado

I am home for the summer! What an adventure the last couple of days have been. I know I promised to write the other night, but I have not had access to internet for the last 3 days. So this is the first chance I have had to blog! I think I left off when we were in New Mexico, so there is a lot to write about. Thursday we got up to finish the drive to Colorado. We got to Colorado Springs by 11 AM. And talk about a beautiful city!! It was much smaller than I was expecting, but the mountains were breathtaking. Pike’s Peak was in the background and all snowy and pretty. The first thing we did was stop in Garden of the Gods. It’s a beautiful park with some amazing and huge rock formations. We mostly drove around, but did get out and walk part of one trail. My favorite part was seeing some rock climbers in action! Climbing Garden of the Gods is now officially on my bucket list – I’m thinking a trip after graduation. We also got to see the kissing camels but avoided any snake sightings (to Katelyn’s relief). After that we drove over to the headquarters of Focus on the Family to visit Whit’s End. If you didn’t grow up listening to Adventures in Odyssey (a kid’s radio program), then you probably won’t appreciate this. But Katelyn and I had a blast! We got to visit the soda shop and we both ordered a Wodfamchocsod. So delicious! It was really similar to a chocolate shake, but had a little bite from the club soda. We took pictures with Whit and Eugene, then headed for the 72 ft. slide. We were both just under the height limit, so we got to slide down probably the best slide ever. Super twisty and steep! Then we grabbed a burrito from Qdoba and hit the road to Denver. Katelyn has an internship just outside Denver for 6 weeks and has been blessed by our second cousins who are letting her stay with them! We got to their house late afternoon and met them and their 3 boys for the first time. Talk about the wonderful bonds of family! They took us out to dinner and we really enjoyed getting to know them. Since I flew out today, Friday was our big day to sight see in the Rocky Mountains. Not only did we have to go to Estes Park/Rocky Mountain State Park, but there was a huge goodwill and an outlet mall that we had to hit up! Is that enough of a cliff hanger? Okay, since I have so much to write and so many pics to post, I’ll leave off and finish up Colorado tomorrow. In the mean time, I am going to enjoy home and my bed! And my family of course :)

And uploading pics is going to take more time than I have tonight, so they will have to wait also!