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Catching up with old friends...
We loved catching up with Al and Laura at their (relatively) new place in Colorado Springs. (Al is a friend of Tony's from high school, college, and beyond who moved to Colorado Springs this last year from DC, and Laura is his lovely girlfriend who joined him, moving from Ft. Lauderdale.) The girls had fun staying here, especially because Al and Laura love Legos as much as them... ;)
The first night we enjoyed catching up with Al and Laura and also ...
Todd and Emily's Wedding
I went out to Colorado Springs for Todd and Emily's wedding. It was a fabulous weekend with family and friends. The wedding was really nice--it fit Todd and Emily so well. The weather was perfect too! I got to see the Garden of the Gods and the Air Force Academy.
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Mountain Lows, Mountain Highs
... the smell. I mean SMELL. And it wasn’t even hot!! It was worse than a circus. It was worse than a sewer! So then we get to the bird aviary. Now everywhere I go the bird aviary is always a favorite. So you walk in and its like a prison cell with no living plants or trees at ALL. Just concrete and 2 fake branches/trees with no leaves. Just branches and like 200 birds (mostly parachettes) all over the ground (because there was only enough fake ...
Off We Go Into the Wild Blue Yonder...
... Mr. Tennessee confidently asserted to the woman across that we lose 3 degrees Fahrenheit for every 1000 feet of altitude, so, since we went up 8,000 feet, we lost 24 degrees. I'm no math genius, but I'm thinking that that didn't work out so well.
After lunch, at a quite good Chinese restaurant (we went way down to the end of town by the freeway entrance, as Manitou Springs has one of those downtown areas full ...
Dodge City KS to Colorado Springs CO - 570km
... we take the final stretch into the town. It has been suggested that crews take the trip up to the famous Pikes Peak but we have made arrangements to meet up with the local Jaguar dealer where a the Colorado Jaguar Owners Club will be for their monthly meeting – an opportunity to see some of the Jaguars competing in the rally. It may also be possible to put the cars up on ramps in the workshop and check out any damage. In particular we ...