Our Thoughts on Colorado

(AF Academy, Colorado Springs, CO) Hi 80 Lo 56 -- We’re winding down our stay in Colorado. We have many memories and LOTS of pictures. Jim liked the Rocky Mountain National Park north of Denver as his favorite area. I liked the Pikes Peak cog train ride and the Garden of the Gods. There’s amazing sights and the people are friendly in the whole state. We’ll be back someday as long as we have wheels. We don’t want to see snow so it will be a summer visit only.
If we lived here we found the perfect place to live. It’s a residential/shopping complex called Interquest, just east of the AF Academy. It has a beautiful condominium building that faces the mountains.


With a movie theater right next door.
 

And a restaurant across the parking lot.


The view to the west includes the Air Force Academy, where we could do all our shopping.


And I could watch all the storms come in from over the mountain range.




We’re going to miss this area. There’s a lot to see and a lot to do. Next time we’ll go deeper into the mountains. We’re both breathing a lot better and even can walk a little bit more without struggling for breath. We learned we have to drink a lot of water and take things slow. We learned that water is loaded in trucks, tubs and anything that will allow it to be transported in large amounts to different campgrounds and facilities around the area. They transport water to the top of Pikes Peak every day. Here's a tank of water we saw on the railroad yesterday.


It’s time to move on and see more of America. It’s been a spectacular journey so far this summer, and we’re looking forward to a lot more fun.

We decided to take in a movie today, “Hope Springs.” It’s about an older couple trying to solve their marital problems. It stars Meryl Streep and Tommy Lee Jones, two great actors. We laughed and we cried, which made it a great movie for us.


Jim went to a local minor league baseball game tonight, the Colorado Springs Sky Sox. He likes to visit ballparks wherever we travel.

Thanks for following along. We’re done with the major sights in Colorado, but there’s more to come.

More pictures are downloaded to the blog on the right side under 2012 highlights, Royal Gorge