Today was another day that was just trying to get us from "Point A to Point B".
We woke up this morning in Steamboat Springs, Colorado. Because we didn't have very far to travel (about 200 miles), we slept in and tried to get caught up on all of the excitement we have had over the last week or so. We left the hotel around 9:30 headed south. Our travels took us through the Colorado highlands. We spent most of the day above 8,000 feet in elevation. At one point, the outside temperature was 51 degrees. We felt sorry for all of our friends in North Alabama who have been suffering with 110+ heat indexes during this past week. (But, not sorry enough come home today!)
We pulled over into a parking space and had lunch in the van in downtown Breckenridge, Colorado. Breckenridge is one of the most popular ski communities in Colorado. After our lunch of PB&Js, we walked around the downtown area and visited several shops. It's a great town.
After that, we drove through Fairplay and approached Colorado Springs from the west. We made a brief stop at the Fossil Beds National Monument and saw some petrified tree stumps. It was interesting, but more importantly, we went on a one-mile hike and that gave the kids a chance to get some of their "wiggles" out.
When we arrived in Colorado Springs, we drove around the Garden of the Gods before heading to the hotel. Immediately next to the hotel was an Outback Steakhouse. As you can tell from the blogs, we've been trying to save money on our meals. Nearly all of our hotels offer a full breakfast and we've been eating lunch out of our cooler. That has allowed us to reserve dinner for a better meal (hopefully involving vegetables). So, we thoroughly enjoyed Outback.
While we were eating, our (weather geek) iPhones went off informing us that we were under a Severe Thunderstorm Warning. Within a couple of minutes, hail was falling from the sky and the rain was pounding hard. It actually worked out really well. We had walked over to the restaurant and the rain had stopped by the time we were finished.
We're all settled into the hotel about it get a good night's sleep. Our only scheduled activity for tomorrow is a trail ride to the top of Pike's Peak.
Until tomorrow…
We are loving reading the blog posts and keeping up with your travels. Thanks for taking the time to write, post, and share. It is the next-best-thing to being there with you. One thunderstorm, but the weather in your photos looks perfect. Have a great time!
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