Colorado Springs, CO

This is the Air Force Academy. This is the chapel. It was closed due to a funeral so we weren't able to go into it. Below is a picture of the stadium. Alway a Teis tradition to take a picture of any stadiums when possible.

Enjoy and envy the beauty...

This is Helen Hunt Falls west of Colorado Springs in Manitou. These fall are right next to Seven Falls which is a bigger tourist attraction. We stopped at a cute place called The Tea and Chocolate Emporium. It was very modern and each table was themed as a country. We asked the girl there where would be a good place to visit and this was her recommendation. There was a very steep climb to get to this bridge and we were much high above sea level then in MI so I was out of breath and hoping the baby wouldn't fall out on the treck up.

To get to the falls, you climb a very steep and winding road up a mountain. We saw a lot of people parked at some turn offs and hiking up, as well as some biking up the mountain.

The Garden of the Gods was amazing beauty. Lots of tall, red rocks. The mule deer didn't mind me getting close to take its picture. Every time I took a picture it would look up but then would return to munching on the grass. It took about 30 minutes to wind through this nature garden of trails and rock mountain. They did allow people to ride their horses too. It was southwest beauty. I would highly recommend it. My camera battery ran out or I would have gotten a picture of Rob up on the red rock. Maybe next time when we bring the kids.

That is all for now. Some other favorite things we did...ate at a creperie, visited some micro breweries, stopped at Sonic, visited Focus on the Family (we got lots of pictures for the kids), and just drove to all the places we could to take in the beauty and splendor of the area.