Colorado Days 3-5

Our plan for Saturday morning (before another long drive) was to do something active, but by the time we got our stuff packed up and breakfast eaten it was too late. So, we headed for Colorado Springs and found our piece of crap hotel late afternoon. We unpacked and headed out to find a place to eat. We ended up in Manitou Spring--a fun hippie town. There were a lot of tourist shops, a neat park and a small river. Jonathan found a matte store and bought some new matte and a souvenir poro. We found a hole in the wall pizza place and waited for about 40 minutes for our pizza to come. The kids did amazingly well during the wait and the pizza was yummy. During dinner it started raining (actually pouring). Luckily we all had our jackets with us. We ran the few blocks to our van and hurried home to bed.

We found a ward (that didn't meet at 8:00) to attend. Unfortunately (because of stupid map quest and the dumb roads in Colorado) we got lost and were late. We missed half of sacrament meeting. Going to different wards makes us appreciate our own ward. When I took the kids to the primary room to find out where they should go, nobody looked at us or helped us. I had to walk up to the teachers and ask them what age they taught. It's hard enough on kids to be in someplace unfamiliar. Luckily I had a nice sister sit next to me in Relief Society. After church we headed back up to the hippie town and played at the park. It was a beautiful afternoon.

On Monday we visited the Garden of the Gods. We went to the tourist center first and saw some neat displays and learned about the people and animals and plants of the area.

Then we spent the rest of the day hiking around the rock formations. The guy who owned it (Charles Perkins) gave it to Colorado Springs on the condition that it be forever free to the public.
This is Kissing Camels

I can't remember the names of these

This one is Siamese Twins
And this one is Balanced Rock
Here's some fun pictures