Colorado or Bust

Up at 4AM and out at 5, headed for Colorado Springs via Dallas. No two hour delay this time, things are looking good. That is until we get to the gate of the connecting flight in Dallas and find that we are too far down on standby list to get on. Oops! Our Man in Havana, Jake (actually he was in Ft. Worth) was right on it, calling us immediately to give us the numbers on the next flight. (Iffy, so iffy that we rearranged stuff in our baggage so if one got on and one did not we would each have what we needed for overnight. Because Gene's checked bag was in the Springs by this time.)
Jake kept updating us every few minutes until he actually told us our seat assignment before we even got it. And then teased us because we were in the very last row where the view out the window is the side of an engine. We were the last two people to get on the plane. All that mattered is that we were on.
We arrived Colorado Springs about 5PM local which is 7 Georgia time. After securing a rental car and checking into our motel, we head out to see some sights for we have heard that the Noknowhengo Tribe will convene on Thursday instead of Friday. That means one less day here than we originally thought.
We went out to Garden of the Gods, a really stunning area of rock formations you will see pictured here. You cannot tell from the photos, but there were young men climbing at least three of these structures. Notice the formation that looks so much like a buffalo. The dry air in the shade is cool, but the sun, with no haze is piercing.
Then we went to the charming village of Manitou Springs and did a quick tour. Sort of reminded you of other springs towns, like Hot Springs and Warm Springs, actually a lot more charming than the latter. We looped around through the historic part of Colorado Springs on the return trip to our lodging.
So finally back to our motel, we are dragging as it is 10PM at home and don't forget that we got up at 4AM. Does anyone get tired of me saying I am tired....well I won't say it!