Sun. 7/10… (Cheyenne , WY )
Last day in Cheyenne . We decided to drive into the city
to the Frontier Days Old West Museum . I thought the admission price ($8.ea) was
steep (for what you got) but we went in.
We got pics outside of Lane Frost’s statue. He was a famous bull rider
who died in the arena at the 1989 Cheyenne Rodeo.
Once
inside we took advantage of the props and took some pictures….
Here
are other shots from the museum…
Afterward,
we drove back through old town but its Sunday so everything is closed. (that’s just the way it is outside of money
hungry California !). We made a short stop at Safeway on the way
home. Lydia
got her mac & cheese and ham casserole going so we could eat later. We hung
around and rested and I walked Bailey. This time we walked down to the fishing
pond and guess what!
Yep, she jumped in. No problem – no one was there and the water was really clear (until she stirred up the mud on the bottom! Oh well, she was happy (and cool)!
Yep, she jumped in. No problem – no one was there and the water was really clear (until she stirred up the mud on the bottom! Oh well, she was happy (and cool)!
When we got back I hosed her off and dried her and up and she was good to go again. Later we watched the Tour de France and enjoyed the casserole. This is one of my favorites! It was good as always. Janie came over for dinner without her sling! She is trying to exercise as much as she can.
Later,
Bailey and I made a few rounds of the park (rabbit checks!) before going in for
the night. Tomorrow we head into Colorado .
Mon. 7/11… (Colorado
Springs , CO ) HAPPY BIRTHDAY JEFF!!! We
woke up about 2:00am this morning because the winds really picked up. I went
out and closed all of our awnings and we put the slides in on the left side.
Plus we stowed our satellite dish. It was still blowing when we got up and
ready to leave but once we got out of Wyoming
and closer to Denver
it calmed a lot. No worries! Our drive today was
188 miles so we left about 9:00am. Rick
was going to move out earlier to stop and fill up on propane. We use very
little propane (for the stove when we cook and for the fridge only when we are driving) so we didn’t
need any and I passed on the $4.00 per gallon charge. He ended up checking his tank and it showed
more than the readout in the rig. So he
passed as well. Once on the road we called Jeff and wished him a happy
birthday. He was working so we didn’t talk too long. We’ll call later. We made the beautiful drive through Denver and down through
Columbine and the Air Force Academy and finally into Colorado Springs and the Garden of the Gods
RV Resort (tl$54x3).
We
are here for three days. Once we got
parked and set up we rested while Rick and Janie went back to the office to
request another space which was more level and had a better satellite shot. No
luck. They had to make their space work. They finally got settled in and I
helped Rick hook up his remote satellite dish. I had called a week ago and got
tickets for the cog train which we will do tomorrow but we chose to drive
around Manitou Springs and checked out the little village and show them the rv
park we were in last time plus check out parking for the train. Afterward we
drove back to the interstate and found a Cracker Barrel for dinner, which was
very good. We came back and walked the
dogs and talked with fellow rv’ers in our park before going in for the
night.
Tues. 7/12… (Colorado Springs , CO )
Our plans today were varied. We took off about 10:00am and headed off to
our first destination which was actually about 1 ½ miles from our campground – The
Garden of the Gods. We didn’t do a lot
of walking around but stopped and walked a few trails to get some pictures….
The weather was clear and 85° at the bottom in Manitou Springs but it would be 46° and a wind chill making it 38° at the top. We knew that and brought warm clothes. Our tour conductor was just out of high school and working her first summer here. But she was very good and energetic and we enjoyed her very much. We took pictures of the scenery on the way up and once at the top we bought the obligatory
While we were outside at the sign, I
kept getting asked to take pictures for other families. But that was fun! After
about 40 minutes we headed back to the train for the 1 ½ hour ride back down.
We made our way back to the car and drove the 10 minutes back to camp. Again, I walked Bailey and talked with
neighbors for a bit. Lydia went right in and
relaxed. She didn’t sleep much last
night so after this day I’m sure she will be out early tonight!
Rick missed 2 opportunities to check out campgrounds on FE Warren (Chyenne, WY and the Academy)
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