The boys enjoyed a nice dinner of pizza and pasta last night and like the hotel.  One suggested we just stay here in the springs and play outside for the rest of the 2 weeks.... 

They are slow to get moving this morning!  I wonder if they played and horsed around until the wee hours of the night in their hotel rooms without adults last night???

We are heading out to Pike's Peak ("The Piker") in about an hour.  From there, we are going to head down to Cripple Creek for lunch or an afternoon visit (depending on how much time we spend up on The Piker.  Cripple Creek is an old gold mining town that will give them the flavor of the true old west.

One more thing.... a BIG thank you to the Brown family that left 1294 18 months ago due to a military change of station.  They let us borrow their mini van, so we only had to rent one vehicle.  That will save everyone some money.  Their AC is out, so we will give them a donation to fix when we leave.

We were able to get the boys a full buffet breakfast at the hotel today.  Mr. Powell and I were able to do some negotiating with our hotel stays, and got 8 free buffets for both days.  It save over $100 for breakfast! 

On to Pike's Peak!