Daycation

Once in a while you need a little escape on the weekends... sort of a daycation. HA! I thought the word was silly, but what the day entailed was amazing. Some good friends of ours and their cousin went with us on our little day vacation to Colorado Springs.

What a great day!

We started off with what I thought would be the most boring part of the day - a mining museum in the outskirts of town. Well, it was the part where I learned the most. Did you know that "grease monkey," "the real McCoy," and "balls to the wall" started off as mining terms? Anyway, once our 2 hour tour was over, we went to Garden of the Gods. These red rock formations are just amazing. We got to walk on a trail that lead us to these rocks:

We visited the oldest trading post in Colorado and got to cool down for a little bit. From there, we wen to visit some old indian cliff dwellings. What amazed me the most is the precision of their walls. They were so creative with their living spaces. Chris, of course, was crawling around everywhere like a monkey. hehehe.

Then, we headed to Cave of the Winds where we got a 45 minute tour of this awesome cave. We got to see all sorts of crazy cave formations and heard some great stories about how the cave was discovered. This is the view from the side of the cave (next to the gift store):

Just breathtaking. Needless to say, we were exhausted by the end of that day. So, that was our little daycation we took a few weeks ago. Care to join us on our next daycation? :-)