| 2007 Colorado Vacation- page 4 Cave of the Winds, Cripple Creek & the trip home |
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| We decided to go to Cave of the Winds again this year.. John, Sherri & Kailie hadn't been before. I'm glad we did...I think I enjoyed it more this time. I love the fiew from the outside porch, you can see forever it seems. Notice the picture above & to the right. |
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| the cave walls become shiney and smooth over years of people touching it.. from the oils in our hands. |
| One thing I learned this year is that Cave of the Winds is considered a "dead" cave. When they blasted it open years ago for tourists...they broke the natural seal that kept the moisture in.. that is what makes the cave continue to grow stalagtites and stalagmites |
| The day that George went golfing.. the girls and I went to Cripple Creek. Cady & Kailie wanted to tour the Mollie Kathleen gold mine... which was very fun and informative. We also visited the "Old Homestead House" museum... which is an old brothel.. the furnishing were so beautiful. The girls were surprised to find out what "brothel" meant. We also visited other museums and ate at the black cow cafe.. we had a good time !! |
| photo to the left is of me in front of the city sign in Wray Colorado. What's so special about Wray Colorado, you may ask? It was neat for me to go there and have this picture taken because my Pappy (grandpa Harlan) was born in Wray and I have a picture of him standing next to the city sign in 1977. |
| Last Chance Colorado.. was nearly 100 miles til the next town. |
| On our trek home... we saw some beautiful western Kansas scenery and some pretty interesting stops along the way (I like to call these things.. "cheesy tourist stops") One of these stops was the Cherry Creek encampment. The story goes that in 1864, native american survivors of the Sand Creek Colorado massacre settled in teh Cherry Creek Valley. There is a board that lists their names.. very interesting to stop and see. |
| Another of those "cheesy tourist stops" that caught our attention was just outside Lebanon Kansas. The geographical center of the contintental United States. We stopped, read the signs... there is this sweet little chapel that seats 6... so cute |
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| the wheat harvesting was beautiful.. for miles all you saw were seas of golden yellow and the wheat in the hot sun smelled like baking bread.. YUM. |
| One of the things I wanted to see before going home was the "worlds largest ball of twine".. but it was getting late. We went on to George's sisters house to spend the night before heading on home. It was a long... but fun week!! |