Wed. 7/13… (Colorado Springs , CO ) Last day in Colorado Springs . We decided to go to the US Olympic Training
Facility for a tour. It was a GREAT
decision! This place is fantastic. The
training center is open to train both summer and winter as well Paralympic
athletes. We started with a video
talking about the end result – the Olympics.
We saw past Olympians and their achievements. Then they went back to the beginning and told
us about the facility.
We then walked
through many of the training venues, including shooting, wrestling, swimming,
gymnastics, boxing, and weight training.
Olympic corporate sponsors
Everything
was first class. The facility also can
help athletes who have injuries and can do almost everything short of surgery.
After that tour we drove out to seven falls.
But we found that they only do escorted tours now so we passed. On the way to Costco we drove by the
Broadmoor Hotel. Truly a five star
hotel! We stopped once more at Safeway and got everything we needed for salad,
ravioli, and garlic bread. Very good. It
sprinkled a bit but Bailey and I went out anyway for her evening walk. We came back and cleaned up the rig a bit to
get ready to leave tomorrow. Later that night, an EMT unit came in to tend to
another rver in the park who was having some issues. They had her on a gurney
and I suspect that they transported her. It makes you think about staying
healthy while on the road and in a remote location!
Thur. 7/14… (Golden, CO) Today’s drive was really short so we left around
11:00am. We made the 89 mile trip back
up through Denver
and then a bit west to Dakota Ridge RV Resort (tl$63x2) in Golden, CO.
This park is definitely not worth the high
price! People are rude, sites are not the best. We’ll check out the amenities
later. But we wanted to be close to the
Golden/Denver area for a couple of days so we’re good with it. Our plans around Denver included a trip to Benny’s, one of our
favorite Mexican restaurants so we wanted to take R&J there. This place is in south Denver so it was a chance to see the city on
the way there. Of course I had to drive
by Mile High Stadium to salute my champion BRONCOS! We also passed by Coors
Field, home of the Colorado Rockies . Not my team but their field is really nice
looking. The meal at Benny’s was good as always and we were glad we went. We
got back and I took Bailey out for a good walk then we settled in to watch our
tape of the latest America ’s
Got Talent.
Fri. 7/15… (Golden, CO) Today’s
plan included a lot of eating and drinking! We wanted to catch an early tour of
the Coors Brewery. We left at 9:00am and got to the tour center and on a tram
to the facility for the 10:30am tour.
The Coors facility is the largest one site brewery in the country.
The
tour was fun and we got finished around 11:30.
The tasting was even better. I knew I would be enjoying this more than Lydia so I
turned over the car keys to her even before we got on the tram!
The
next stop was Celestial Seasonings, one of our favorite spots. We toured there
some years ago but it was a day when they weren’t working so we wanted to go
again. Plus Lydia likes their tea! I got some
shots outside and before the tour but they don’t allow pictures on the tour.
all made from teabags, even the shoes!
But guess what? They were out on some kind of
awards break or something during our tour so we missed out seeing the operation
again!
Don’t you just love the hairnets!
all made from teabags, even the shoes!
Don’t you just love the hairnets!
After
the tour and going to the gift shop and stocking up on teas, we headed
home. We fed and walked the dogs and
rested a bit then drove to The White Fence Farm in Lakewood CO .
This is a place very similar to Mrs. Knott’s Chicken at Knott’s Berry
Farm. They have a country farm like
atmosphere with things to see and do especially for the kids.
Afterward,
on the way home, we drove by places we visited when we were here in 2012. The area has changed a bit. It seems like
there is more new housing now. We got back to the rig and pretty much crashed
from all the food and drink today! I
think we’ll have to skip a few meals for the next couple of days!
Sat. 7/16… (Gypsum, CO) We have another short drive today so we didn’t
want to leave too early. So we took our
time and cleaned up the rig a bit and finally got on the road around
10:00am. We drove the 119 miles to Aunt
Sara’s River Dance RV Park (tl$35.x2) in Gypsum, CO.
We
are here for two nights. We booked this
place as an interim stop and probably should have only stayed one night. No laundry and no pool and no sewers. R&J had to move from their original
assigned space because the power didn’t work.
But they’re good now. The Eagle
River is only about 200
yards away and the water is crystal clear.
Bailey wasted no time in jumping in!
The town doesn’t offer much so we’ll take advantage of the beauty of the location while we’re here. We were going to eat in but Janie heard that its Gypsum Days this weekend. So we drove to town. Well, Gypsum Days shuts down the main street and you have to walk in which was a ways so we checked out what we could see and then drove 7 more miles back to the town ofEagle where we found several restaurants to
choose from. We picked Moe’s Original
Bar B Que for dinner.
Janie and I tried their crabcake sandwich. I had mac and cheese and banana pudding. Rick andLydia had pulled pork
sandwiches. All in all, it was pretty
good. Some of the folks with cars from
the Gypsum car show came by for dinner.
The town doesn’t offer much so we’ll take advantage of the beauty of the location while we’re here. We were going to eat in but Janie heard that its Gypsum Days this weekend. So we drove to town. Well, Gypsum Days shuts down the main street and you have to walk in which was a ways so we checked out what we could see and then drove 7 more miles back to the town of
Janie and I tried their crabcake sandwich. I had mac and cheese and banana pudding. Rick and
Afterward,
we drove back to camp and Lydia
and I walked Bailey back to the river for another swim
and then back to the rig to dry her off and settle in and catch up on some shows. We don’t have much of a signal out here but I was able to get my mobile hotspot to work for a while but loading pictures on the blog took forever so I won’t post until Monday. Tomorrow we will kick back and relax.
and then back to the rig to dry her off and settle in and catch up on some shows. We don’t have much of a signal out here but I was able to get my mobile hotspot to work for a while but loading pictures on the blog took forever so I won’t post until Monday. Tomorrow we will kick back and relax.
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