Day 23 august 21, 2010. garden of the gods

We got on the road early and were headed to Colorado Springs, Colorado as our next stop. We headed out about 9 am. We woke to blue skies and high 60s with the temperature rising to 90 according to weather.com.
Today's trip was mainly on an interstate highway which makes the trip rather boring. The mountains continue to be rather high and the winds continued. We were noticing less and less rental RVs on the road and two-thirds of the trip is over. We are on the downside heading south.
Most of the scenery on I-25 was factories and malls. Occasionally we would see a small llama farm.
We got to Co. Springs early. Originally I was hoping to get together with a Navy Mom friend. However, with all the craziness at home before we left, I didn't get a chance to reach out to her. I was hesitant because we weren't sure what was happening with our trip. Once we got on the road, I didn't always have reliable Internet service and sometimes I didn't have Internet, so sending a message was difficult. Needless to say, she made other plans.....but Connie, I'll be back!
We decided to spend some time at the Garden of the Gods. Garden of the Go was dedicated in 1909 as a free park. There is an abundance of plant and animal life. The park is most known for its redstone rock formation, some of which are over 300 million years old. These formations were formed by Erosion. We walked around for about an hour since we both were tired of sitting in the RV and enjoyed every breathtaking view possible.
Our campground was about half an hour away. It was a ways out of the city high in the mountains at about 6900 feet. There was no cell service or Internet service which fit the setting perfectly. The campground was lovely and even though there were quite a bit of people there, the sites were far enough apart that no one opposed on another's privacy. They allowed campfires, so we bought wood and anticipated sitting sound the fire. Nick improvised and made dinner over an open fire,and it was delicious.
Just as we were ready to get a campfire going, we felt one....then two....then a whole lot of raindrops. We hoped that it would end soon, but it continued steadily through the night so we hung inside and read and listened to the rain.