Glenn and I decided to take a day trip on Sunday - we were up bright and early and left the house by 7:30 - first stop was breakfast at The Village Inn in Colorado Springs!
They had my favorite breakfast item - strawberry crepes! I was excited! I was even more excited when I found out they came with bacon and hash browns! Usually the crepes come all by themselves and it's not like I need MORE to eat - it's just that I need a little bit of protein in the morning so I usually have to order a side of bacon too! But this was perfect - and oh man, were they good!! Crepes in the summer are even better than usual because of the sweet berries! We left there full and happy!
Our next stop was in Florence for coffee to go - it was a cute little place called Flumps! Unfortunately the coffee was really lousy - oh well, can't win them all!! We drove by the Florence State Penitentiary - this houses most of the really bad criminals and terrorists including the Ok. city bomber, the Unabomber and the Atlanta Olympics bomber - YIKES!! Kind of gave me a creepy feeling as we drove past!
Next we headed to a town we had never been to before - Westcliffe - and I fell in love with it! It sits up against the Sangre de Cristo Mountains and has the cutest shops and restaurants!! Of course we were both still too full to eat lunch there but we parked the car and walked around a little bit - couldn't resist taking a photo of Paul Bunyan and the cute carved bench!
Then it was off to Bishop's Castle - I had been here years ago with a friend but wanted to show it to Glenn - it's being built by an eccentric, radical guy who is very outspoken about his political outlook on life and he's been building this castle by himself for probably the last 15 years or so!! A lot more had been done this time than before - especially the steps to the top! Yes, Glenn and I crawled our way to the top on these welded steps with no handrails most of the way! We did NOT, I repeat NOT, climb to the highest turret but the one beside it - if you look close enough at the one picture where you see all the wire at the top, you can see people up there! It was pretty scarey since the top portion was not stationary and it moved when you walked around! Quite an amazing place!!
Around the corner from that was San Isabel - we ate lunch at the lodge and took a walk down by the pretty lake and watched people fishing and gliding along the lake in canoes - it looked peaceful and relaxing!
Before we knew it, it was time to head back home to OUR mountains with some great photos on the camera and memories of a delightful day!
2 comments:
What a great day - days like that are so special - why don't we do more of them?
Those are some neat pictures! Glad you had a good drive!
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