So after we got all moved in Dad and I went to Colorado Springs yesterday and visited the Garden of the Gods and Pikes Peak! We drove down and had a blast all day! The rocks at G.O.G. were awesome and definitely a place I would like to go back and climb! Pikes peak was fun too. We took the COG train up and had some amazing views. Saw a mountain goat and some marmots on the way. It clouded over at the top and started snowing so we didn't get to take any pics up there.
We were feeling the elevation though for sure! I learned that the softer granite that makes up pikes peak is only found one other place...Illinois! Elephant Rock...which is supposed to be a great place to climb!
I also learned that Patsy's salt water taffy stand was the place that the recipe for Cracker Jack's was invented. Patsy had made the caramel corn and in a poker match put the recipe up and lost....that guy took it and created cracker jack's. So now Patsy's family uses butterscotch corn instead! haha
Anyway we had a great day being tourists and it was gorgeous! We came home and crashed.
I took Dad to the Airport this morning and now and off to job search!! Wish me luck!!
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Go get em on the job hunt!
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