The Bunch Move and Start A Month Long Trip

We had exactly 3 nights in our new house before we left at 4:00am to embark on a month long family trip touring the southern western region of the United States, which was exactly enough time to get all our belongings here and not time for much else. We left with three kids and one somewhat sedated crazy dog at an early predawn hour and started our westward journey to our first destination; Colorado Springs, CO.

My view of our new backyard.

Day 1: It took 13 hours in the car to arrive at our first destination. We were so ready to get out of the car and the park, Cheyenne Mountain State Park, was beautiful. We were way up in the mountains and at night we could see the city lights below. It was beautiful.....what was not cool was we were directly above an army base and could CLEARLY hear their revelry.

Finally Arrive!

Beautiful Night Views.

Day 2: We found out why an 8 year old cannot pack himself. I asked, " Did you pack clothes that you will wear?" . What I should have asked was, "Did you pack clothes that fit and aren't completely full of holes?". The answer to that is a big fat NO. T has PJs that are too small and now only 1 of his 4 jeans that are packed actually fit. Not sure how we will deal with that, but I will worry about it later. Today we went to the Olympic training center. Too bad D did not get to see the weight lifting area, which was the whole reason we went in the first place. However, it was still interesting and we`learned a lot about what the athletes lives are like, pretty much completely revolve around their chosen sport. We also went to the Manitou Cliff Dwellings and it was very educational and interesting. They had a wonderful gift shop. Our last stop of the day was Garden of the Gods. breathtaking is the only way to describe it. The trading post is the largest I have ever seen!It started raining so we skipped Pikes Peak highway. It seems dangerous enough dry and regardless of D's driving capabilities I really do not have a death wish.

Olympic training center

Trading post at Manitou Cliff Dwellings

Cliffing dwellings you can tour.

Balanced rock at Garden of the Gods.

So Beautiful!

Day 3... Travel Day to Trinidad State Park. Not as nice as Cheyenne, but it puts us closer to Albuquerque. D almost stepped on a bull snake here.

Yep, camping with all our electronic devices.

The snake D almost stepped on.

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