RV FIRED UP AND READY TO ROLL PRE-DAWN OUT OF WYOMING FOR AN ALL DAY TREK TO THE CHERRY CREEK CAMPGROUND IN AURORA (OUTSIDE DENVER) COLORADO... BELOW.... WELCOME TO COLORADO STOP EN ROUTE TO AURORA...
.................ABOVE AND BELOW... DURING OUR 3 DAY STAY AT CHERRY CREEK
ABOVE- OUR NEW HOME (FOR 3 DAYS) AT THE CHEYENE MOUNTAIN STATE PARK IN THE COLORADO SPRINGS AREA. BELOW, A HIKE AROUND ACORN ALLEY RIGHT BEHIND OUR CAMPSITE.... INITIALLY WE WERE WONDERING WHY THEY CALLED THIS HIKE 'ACORN ALLEY' AS WE WERE NOT SEEING ANY ACORNS.... BUT THEN UPON MUCH CLOSER INSPECTION, WE DID FIND ITTY BITTY TINY ACORNS... PICTURED BELOW, YOU GET A SENSE OF HOW SMALL THESE ACORNS WERE COMPARED TO AVERAGE TYPED LETTER SIZE.
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ABOVE, ONE CAN SEE THE LITTLE WHITE DOT IN CENTER WHICH IS THE BACK OF OUR RV STICKING OUT OF THE GREEN, INDICATING HOW REMOTE OUR SITE IS... BELOW, TOOK OUR BELOVED AUNT HELEN OUT FOR LUNCH TO CELEBRATE HER 93RD BIRTHDAY AND TOOK IN FEW SCHNEIDER BEERS. AHHH- GERMAN BEER!
WENT FOR ANOTHER HIKE IN COLORADO SPRINGS AREA AT THE HELEN HUNT FALLS AND CASCADE FALLS LOCATION.... AT THEIR VISITOR CENTER THERE WERE AN INSANE NUMBER OF HUMMINGBIRDS! THERE GUYS WERE NOT CONCERNED ABOUT OUR PRESENCE- IN FACT A FEW OF THEM ACTUALLY BRAVELY CAME FLYING RIGHT AT OUR HEADS!! THESE DAYS REMAIN DANGEROUSLY HOT HOT HOT, WITH SERIOUS EXTREME HEAT WARNINGS IN PLACE.... WHICH IS WHY WE WERE CAREFUL TO MAKE CERTAIN WE HAD ANY OF THESE HIKES COMPLETED PRIOR TO 10AM THE LATEST.
BELOW IS SHOT OF THE MOON OVER CHEYENNE MOUNTAIN.... BY THE WAY, THIS CHEYENNE MOUNTAIN IS THE ACTUAL SITE OF NORAD Cheyenne Mountain Complex WHICH is a heavily fortified underground military installation, an alternate command center, and a training site located in El Paso County, Colorado, near Colorado Springs. Built during the Cold War, it sits under 2,000 feet of solid granite and features massive blast doors designed to withstand a nuclear attack
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