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Best of Southern Colorado: Cave of the Winds, Garden of the Gods, Royal Gorge

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We had a great time in Colorado and while we were there we took the extra effort to go down south to the Colorado Springs area. This is about a 2 hour drive from where we were staying in Greeley, so it was worth it to book a night in a hotel so we could spend more time touristing around. We had two things on our mind to see: The Garden of the Gods and the Royal Gorge. We ended up seeing three because we also saw the Cave of the Winds. All of these I highly recommend if you are in the southern Colorado region. The landscape changes to be a little drier the further south you go and more and more juniper bushes become interspersed throughout the red rocky area.


Waiting to see the Cave of the Winds. Tickets were about $20 each but Aeden (children under 5 I think) was free


My mom and her first, and so far only, grandbaby


A lot of dinosaur fossils are found in this area so there are some museums and places that showcase it


The canyons in this area are insane!


When we first arrived to Colorado Springs!


The train was a huge part of how “the west was won”


We carried Aeden through some tight spots and steep stairs in this cool cave


Colorado flag flying proud. The yellow circle in the center of the C represents the sun


Fun in the Cave of the Winds


A fun cave with tight spots, but easy enough to do holding a baby


He seemed to enjoy it too!


While we waited for the tour I tried out my spelunking skills -haha


After the tour there was a beautiful rainbow over the canyons


Look! We caught a leprechaun at the end of a rainbow 🙂


So many photo ops!


On the drive back to the hotel from the cave we checked out the Garden of the Gods! So incredible and always FREE! This was the balance rock area


Such incredible formations!


Love these impressive backdrops!


Say cheese!


The next day we drove another hour to Canon City to see the Royal Gorge. We were there at the right place and time because it is normally $28 to cross


The ziplines and gondolas looked fun, but we just walked it


Tourist pose at the top checking out the HUGE suspension bridge we would be walking across


Fun with my mom. It was pretty cool, but wouldn’t be worth $28 just to cross in my opinion


On the other side of the bridge


There’s only so much you can do on a bridge, so I did a bridge! 🙂


Walking the 1/4 mile across and back


I looked for the PR flag, but there were only state flags there


Lookout point!


Overall we had a great time in southern Colorado!


What a beautiful piece of country!

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A Decision Has Been Made?!? Deconstruction

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We have owned this property for over 3 years now.  When we originally had made the offer we put in a low offer because the wood house was going to need a lot of work.  Since then we have gone back and forth about what to do with it.  We live in the concrete cabana and have enough room for the two of us, but it makes it hard to have people visit for dinner or for longer stays for family.

House half small

We recently decided that we are going to tear it down.  We initially felt like tearing it down would be a huge bummer because of all the time and effort that went into building it.  Due to the odd floor plan and not having the master bedroom on the ocean side of the house as well as the entire thing being infested with bats, rats and cockroaches we were going to have to tear it down to studs anyway.  We are still going to keep it, we are just going to move it.

Wood House Deconstruction
House in Deconstruction Phase

The property consists of 4 acres and the cabana and wood house sit on a tiny ity bity corner.  So we are going to move the wood house and build a cabin on the other side of the quebrada.  There is sooo much room for us it doesn’t make sense to simply have the living space in the corner, we are going to spread out a bit.  It will open up the area in front of the cabana too.

In order to make the area more accessible where the wood house will be we want to build a suspension bridge that transverses the quebrada!  We have started the deconstruction of the house and figure it will be done in a few weeks.  The wood is being cleaned (having all nails removed and then power washed).   While this is going on we are also going to begin to clear the area where the house will be rebuilt.

At some point in the future we want to build a concrete house a little bit down from where the wood house currently sits, but first thing is first.  Should be some exciting things coming up in the next few months with some big changes for us!

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