In April 2007 we had sold our home in Michigan and moved into our new fifth wheel trailer to start our adventure of full timing and exploring in our RV. We started our blog so family and friends can track us and see what we are up to. You can double clink any picture to enlarge it.

Thursday, May 21, 2009

Pikes Peak, Manitou Springs, Garden of the Gods

As you will see I don't have the picture placement mastered!!!!





















Wednesday late afternoon we toured the Garden of the Gods, it's about a mile from our campground. A very impressive free city park.










On Wednesday we got two new tires for the RV after the toilet broke. We have the RV tech over and he's ordering a cable. We can still use it, just have to pour some water in it first. In the afternoon the ladies took my to a local park and one of Manitou Springs 11 springs. You take a glass or containers and fill them up. I went to Seven Minute Spring (name comes from the fact the pump only runs for 7 minutes) and the water is naturally carbonated. It comes with it's own fizz!




































Tuesday we took the cog railway to the top of Pikes Peak, sounded better that driving the truck way up there. The trip was interesting but the 1 1/4 hour 9 mile trip each way wasn't comfortable at an angle on slippery wood seats. At the top we had some good donuts baked up there and before we left for the return trip it started to snow, get us otta here!

Monday, May 18, 2009

Colarado Springs & blowout




We made it to Pikes Peak RV Park just outside Colorado Springs and plan on staying here until after Memorial Day & do some exploring. Jody will be here until Friday when she flies back to Mobile. Temps were up to 88 today until a small thunderstorm blew through this evening. We had a nice dinner across the street at an Italian place after another long day.






After the hard work of picking up the pieces the ladies decided it was time to take a tan & relax.















A little excitement today as we were cruising down a hill on a two lane road in Colorado but all went well considering what could have happened. Our first blowout. We heard it and easily pulled over, minor damage to the RV, a call to Good Sam Emergency Road Service and we were on our way in 2 1/2 hours.




Sunday, May 17, 2009

Traveling







We covered 318 miles westward today to Oakley, KS. For us that's a lot of miles. The CG is just an overnighter beside the expressway but we got a couple pictures at an antique shop next door and Jody liked the cows. Not much around here.