Denver - Final Day ... Finally
Whew! I've finally reached the end of our vacation description ... I hope I haven't bored you all to tears with this long-winded, occasionally humorous tale of an exhilarating, exhausting, yet hard to describe vacation.
Day 6 was the day we would fly back to Chicago, so obviously we had to do as much stuff as possible. I mean, come on ... we had an early afternoon flight. There's plenty of time to fit stuff in.
One thing I had wanted to do in Colorado Springs on Day 5 of our little western excursion was to visit the United States Air Force Academy (USAFA). Now, the main reason to go to the USAFA is to see their world famous chapel. Unfortunately, Day 5 was a Sunday and the USAFA Chapel is closed to visitors on Sunday. So, since Day 6 was a Monday, we decided to get up early (again) and head to the USAFA. I had a great time there (Debbie I think went just to humor me).
*Side Note: Did anyone here know that I almost attended the USAFA (USNA was my first choice). Maybe I'll post more on that later.*
The Academy was everything I had hoped for. The chapel was magnificent. It is this massive, unique looking structure. Pictures are going to be posted very shortly. We got to see the plebes (students about to enter their first year at the academy) out practicing marching. We spent about 2 hours there seeing the grounds, taking pictures, avoiding getting arrested ... oh .. should probably explain that last one. The Academy is an active military base so they're pretty tight on security. The best were the signs that said if you drove down that road without the proper pass, the car would be impounded and everyone arrested. Nice. Guess they don't like u-turns too much.
Before we went back to the airport, we decided to stop once again at Ted's Montana Grill for some nice, juicy, tasty bison steak. Mmmmmm ... bison steak. Here's my question though ... Ted's didn't have Buffalo Wings. Why not? They had a theme and they blew it ... your one stop shop for buffalo meat.
Thus ends the Long-winded, Boring Description of our Vacation in Denver. I'll try to be funny tomorrow.
Day 6 was the day we would fly back to Chicago, so obviously we had to do as much stuff as possible. I mean, come on ... we had an early afternoon flight. There's plenty of time to fit stuff in.
One thing I had wanted to do in Colorado Springs on Day 5 of our little western excursion was to visit the United States Air Force Academy (USAFA). Now, the main reason to go to the USAFA is to see their world famous chapel. Unfortunately, Day 5 was a Sunday and the USAFA Chapel is closed to visitors on Sunday. So, since Day 6 was a Monday, we decided to get up early (again) and head to the USAFA. I had a great time there (Debbie I think went just to humor me).
*Side Note: Did anyone here know that I almost attended the USAFA (USNA was my first choice). Maybe I'll post more on that later.*
The Academy was everything I had hoped for. The chapel was magnificent. It is this massive, unique looking structure. Pictures are going to be posted very shortly. We got to see the plebes (students about to enter their first year at the academy) out practicing marching. We spent about 2 hours there seeing the grounds, taking pictures, avoiding getting arrested ... oh .. should probably explain that last one. The Academy is an active military base so they're pretty tight on security. The best were the signs that said if you drove down that road without the proper pass, the car would be impounded and everyone arrested. Nice. Guess they don't like u-turns too much.
Before we went back to the airport, we decided to stop once again at Ted's Montana Grill for some nice, juicy, tasty bison steak. Mmmmmm ... bison steak. Here's my question though ... Ted's didn't have Buffalo Wings. Why not? They had a theme and they blew it ... your one stop shop for buffalo meat.
Thus ends the Long-winded, Boring Description of our Vacation in Denver. I'll try to be funny tomorrow.
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