Day 2 - Monday: Colorado Springs and Manitou Springs
Our first full day in Colorado, and we woke to perfect weather in a hotel with a beautiful view of Pike’s Peak and the Rockies! Yes! Driving into town really late the night before, and we missed the entire Rocky Mountain Range! This was the view from our hotel room 💗
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| Staybridge Suites Colorado Springs North |
We fulfilled one bucket list item today: visiting the breathtaking (literally and figuratively) Garden of the Gods.
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| From the Visitor's Center |
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| Garden of the Gods Earthcache GCND0E |
We spent hours walking the Central Garden trail and driving the scenic Juniper Loop route 4x! Stunning! The Central Garden trail is an easy 1.5 mile stroll around some of the park's most famous features.
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| Beautiful Garden of the Gods Virtual GC7B73Y |
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| Kissing Camels |
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Having a great time doing the AL
Weather is stunning! |
As we were leaving we spied a new bird, the black-billed magpie! Oh, my! What a cheeky little fellow! We saw them several times in our stay, and TaGeez laughed his butt off as I wandered around trying to get them to pose for me!
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| New bird for my life list! |
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| Pull-off on the Juniper Way Loop |
You can't leave without visiting the Balanced Rock. Oh, the tourists! Insanity!
Afterwards we lunched & shopped in Manitou Springs and explored downtown Colorado Springs while completing several fun Virtuals and Adventure Labs.
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| Too Touch to Quite Virtual GCA58B |
Both Manitou Springs and Colorado Springs had these awesome art tour Adventure Labs.
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| Manitou Springs AL |
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| Downtown Manitou Springs |
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| Old Colorado City |
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| Downtown Colorado Springs AL |
Dinner was at delicious Edelweiss, my brother's favorite restaurant in Colorado Springs. Little Bavaria in the Rockies.
Up Your Postcard Game!
Want to send a memento back home, but never know what to write? We brought our HP Sprocket printer and printed out our favorite 2"x3" photo from the day. Peel off the backing, jot a quick message & address and slap on a postage stamp. Voila!
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