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Garden of the Gods

A travel blog entry by hollynjym

I left Orlando at 8:00am and flew Frontier to Denver through Knoxville. This was my first flight with Frontier. The planes all have an animal on the back tail and as I was surprised to find out also on the wing as Foxy the red fox was eyeballing me from my seat 18A right behind the wing. The clouds on the first leg were nice and the plane wasn't …

Catching up with old friends...

A travel blog entry by jencape

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Cheyenne Mountain Zoo was a great zoo, but we were COLD! (Forgot that we would be going UP into the mountains to this place, and Amber especially wasn't dressed for it - BAD MOM! - we were all moving quickly from heat lamp to heat lamp near the end of our stay...Florida folks... ;) Seeing and feeding the giraffes was very neat, the girls got a kick out of that (although I don't know if they ...

Hooters!!!!!!!

A travel blog entry by wombats2

... in the multiple games on the TVs but then realised the hooter girls were reflecting on the screens!!!!!!!

We bought a bit of merchandise had a couple of drinks and went to Ole Chicago for dinner.
It was raining on the way home and then the thunderstorm started. We retired to the hot tub.

Brian visited the local motorcycle museum during our stay.
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Night 26: Over the Rockies

A travel blog entry by splencner

... brought us to the Front Range right beside the famous 14000+ foot high Pike's Peak where "America the Beautiful" was penned. This pass was the most challenging of the day with steep grades and winding roads. Since we were mere miles from the big city of Colorado Springs, there was also much more traffic to deal with. We passed the turnoff for the Peak Toll Road. I wad curious, but nit interested in paying the $29 toll. We passed the cliff dwellings which also suck ...

Across the Rockies

A travel blog entry by cliff-n-chris

... Pass, and at Salida we turned onto Highway 50 which follows the Arkansas River through a deep canyon. More beautiful scenery. The railway line also follows the river, but we didn't see any trains today.

We are camped at Mountaindale RV Park, probably for a week as there is much to see in the area, particularly trains. Hopefully we'll see some more wildlife; as we were setting up a hummingbird tried to land on Christine.
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