Colorado Vacation

I haven't blogged in so long and so much has happened! So I am going to do my Colorado Vacation first as one blog post, and then Jordan and Rachyls visit as another, and then one more just to sum up my summer in whole.

We left for Colorado Friday June 19, 2009 around 6:30 AM. We arrived in Colorado Springs, Colorado around 9:00 PM. We checked into our hotel, went into our room, unpacked, said goodnight to our Aunt Lisa, Uncle Jeff, and our two cousins Alexis and Laikyn who we were staying in adjoining rooms with, and went to bed. When we woke up we went to Manitou Cliff Dwellings. They were really cool! It was so interesting to see what people lived like in ancient times. When we got back to the hotel, we went swimming in the small hotel pool. It was REALLY warm! Almost as warm as the hot tub! But we had lots of fun.

The next day was fathers day, and we went to Garden of the Gods and Seven Falls. At Garden of the Gods we hiked around and climbed a small mountain that had an amazing view. I found this little nook in the mountain and sat in it. I got some good pictures from there! My dad decided to be dangerous and went past a sign that said NO PEOPLE BEYOND THE POINT. FATALITIES AND INJURIES HAVE OCCURED. So, of course, he went to see how they had died. The ground was completely flat, but it had a drop off/cliff thing. People had probably leaned over the edge too far and had fallen in. My mom yelled at him after that.
At Seven Falls everyone but my mom and Zoe and Zorak (our puppies) climbed the 224 stairs to the top. It was a lot of fun! Going up and down the stairs was the best part! The waterfall was pretty cool too, but not at all worth all the money they made us pay. There was an Indian type show going on when we got to the bottom. When the show was done, my mom, my dad, Justus, me, and the doggies went up again. My mom wanted to get over her fear of a bridge over water, so she climbed with us. It was still fun going up the 224 steps for a second time. After, we went and got some ice cream, went into the gift shop, and then Jeff, Lisa, Lexi, and Laikyn had to leave. So me, my mom and my dad went up a different set of steps to a different lookout over to the falls. I also got good pictures there. (my brother went back to the hotel with Jeff and Lisa)The steps we went up had like 185. I don't really remember. My legs were hurting the next day!! After we were done there, we went down the elevator- against my wishes- and went back to the hotel. We opened our birthday gifts.

On Monday we went to the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo. They have the most Giraffes than any zoo in either America or the World. I don't remember which one. It was really cool there!!! After the zoo we went to Chilis for a late lunch/early supper, and then we went back to the hotel and went swimming one last time. The pool was normal pool temperature the second time. After we went swimming we packed our bags for the next days journey home.

On Tuesday around 8:00 AM we left for home. We stopped in New Mexico at Wendys (where Josh called me) and then after that because of the excessively long line, we left the town and waited until a nicer (if there is even such thing as a nice town in New Mexico!) town with a Wendys showed up and we ate there. We got home around 8:00-8:30 PM. I fell asleep on the couch I believe. On Saturday Aleese was coming over for a late over and then Sunday, Jordan and Rachyl came to stay for a full 7 days. They usually only came for 3-4 days at a time. Well, the next post is about their visit so be sure to read about that!!!! Thanks for visiting my blog! Keep coming!!!!

~~~Jaina~~~