This day was a week in one day! We went to the
Cheyenne Mountain Zoo first thing this morning, which is incredible and a must-see for anyone and everyone. It's in Colorado Springs, on the side of a mountain, which made the view amazing and the terrain a little rugged, which made it feel even more like an adventure. I have to say the best part was the giraffe exhibit, petting and feeding them, WOW!
I was amazed, we were SO close to them! The kids really loved that, us adults were just as excited as the kids though, that was sooo cool! Other great parts of the zoo were the hippo exhibit and the meerkats exhibit. Really neat to watch, both actually, the three hippos were so close and active, and the meerkats are just so cute to watch, each with their own little personality.
We also saw a baby ape and a baby orangutan, soooo sweet. After that we went nearby to the
Seven Falls,
which is way cool, and Rob and I thinking that we are somewhat in shape decided to go up all 224 stairs to the top of the falls and less than half-way up we both regretted that thought, but forced ourselves up the rest dragging behind our three SKIPPING children! Nana and Papa waited at the bottom with Zach and I know why, they do not deceive themselves, we made it though and it was a beautiful site to see those falls so close. Did I mention that then you have to walk back down, yeah, that was a good time! I'm sure it was
just the altitude! Of course, always in high altitude it is important to drink a lot of water! Here's our "water boy"! He's really cute!
Next we went to the
Garden of the Gods,
which is very cool, especially if you like rock climbing, which all my kids LOVE to do! They were covered in red dust and a little sweaty, but, did I mention we had 65-70 degree weather again! Yes, it is beautiful! We didn't visit the Visitor Center there because I read about the explanations of the rock formations and thought it did not give credit where credit was due. When the kids asked me what it was that we were going to see, I told them, you know how you go to an art gallery and there are all kinds of sculptures that people have made, well, this is like one of God's art galleries, all one of a kind, hand made, by Him! Credit was due, it is a pretty incredible site to see.
Next, to the
Cliff Dwellings, again, the kids loved all the climbing and the exploring, so much fun to experience these things with them, I remember how much fun it was when I was there (age 7), and how exciting to see this ancient way of life. Well, after that, they were COVERED in red dust and we were off to a real cowboy dinner with all the fixins and some real cowboys to entertain us too, at the
Flying "W" Ranch.
We really loved that, it was so much fun. There is 55 years of history at the "Flying W", one of my fondest memories as a kid was going there, good, clean, very corny humor, with great music played by very talented musicians. We were very impressed and pleased with the evening entertainment. All in all a very successful, very full filling, very exhausting day, wouldn't change a minute of it!
This day was a week in one day! We went to the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo first thing this morning, which is incredible and a must-see for anyone and everyone. It's in Colorado Springs, on the side of a mountain, which made the view amazing and the terrain a little rugged, which made it feel even more like an adventure. I have to say the best part was the giraffe exhibit, petting and feeding them, WOW!
I was amazed, we were SO close to them! The kids really loved that, us adults were just as excited as the kids though, that was sooo cool! Other great parts of the zoo were the hippo exhibit and the meerkats exhibit. Really neat to watch, both actually, the three hippos were so close and active, and the meerkats are just so cute to watch, each with their own little personality. 
We also saw a baby ape and a baby orangutan, soooo sweet. After that we went nearby to the Seven Falls, 
which is way cool, and Rob and I thinking that we are somewhat in shape decided to go up all 224 stairs to the top of the falls and less than half-way up we both regretted that thought, but forced ourselves up the rest dragging behind our three SKIPPING children! Nana and Papa waited at the bottom with Zach and I know why, they do not deceive themselves, we made it though and it was a beautiful site to see those falls so close. Did I mention that then you have to walk back down, yeah, that was a good time! I'm sure it was just the altitude! Of course, always in high altitude it is important to drink a lot of water! Here's our "water boy"! He's really cute!
which is very cool, especially if you like rock climbing, which all my kids LOVE to do! They were covered in red dust and a little sweaty, but, did I mention we had 65-70 degree weather again! Yes, it is beautiful! We didn't visit the Visitor Center there because I read about the explanations of the rock formations and thought it did not give credit where credit was due. When the kids asked me what it was that we were going to see, I told them, you know how you go to an art gallery and there are all kinds of sculptures that people have made, well, this is like one of God's art galleries, all one of a kind, hand made, by Him! Credit was due, it is a pretty incredible site to see. 
We really loved that, it was so much fun. There is 55 years of history at the "Flying W", one of my fondest memories as a kid was going there, good, clean, very corny humor, with great music played by very talented musicians. We were very impressed and pleased with the evening entertainment. All in all a very successful, very full filling, very exhausting day, wouldn't change a minute of it!
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Sounds like you all had a blast. I've been to most of those places (as a kid and an adult) and LOVED them. Isn't fund to create memories with the kiddos? Hope you keep having fun!
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