Howard Johnson Colorado Springs

... this added 200 miles to the trip we went ahead and headed north.  I'm so glad we did.  As we left Colorado Springs, there were mountains and more mountains and MOUNTAINS.  They are absolutely majestic and we saw trees to the timber line, ...

... had a drive through Old Colorado town, which looks a bit more like I thought Denve would. Then we had a drive through Downtown Colorado Springs and it wasn't exactly rocking on a Sunday afternoon. There were plenty of places to go but most looked shut. We ...

... we stood in the transport "red zone" easy once you've discovered the system and we were soon on a shuttle bus to the Howard Johnson hotel where we crashed down for the night. Next day Paul's friend Neil, who he has known since they were babies in ...

... and i slept. :) Once we got into Colorado we stopped for lunch and figured out that what we wanted to do was in Colorado Springs, not Denver. :) So we rerouted to Colorado Springs and got there pretty early once we switched time zones again. It took us ...