Yesterday was really cool, The Cheyenne Mountain Zoo was awesome, there were giraffes, peacocks, gorillas, lions, bears... all of the essentials for a zoo. Today however I will be hiking up Seven Falls, because yesterday I spent around 4 hours at the zoo and just couldn't bring myself to go hike up a waterfall. So I will be headed up towards the falls shortly within a few hours I would say, as soon as my sleeping beauty of a girlfriend awakens from her slumber on her elder sister's very comfortable red velvet couch.

After the falls I'm pretty sure that we will hit up one of the shopping malls here in Springs and after meandering around there for a while the next step will be to head back home to the valley driving over La Veta Pass to get home. I will include some pictures of my adventures today hopefully after I get back home tonight.

Colorado Springs It Is!

One day later and I am in Colorado Springs. I realize this was my third option, but after thinking about the possibilities and time constraints and lack of money that is in my budget, "The Springs" it had to be.

Colorado Springs is actually going to be pretty cool for me. There is plenty of things that I have not had the opportunity to take in around here like Seven Falls, The Cheyenne Mountain Zoo, and Garden of the Gods. Another plus is the weather; it is going to be around 73 degrees today according to NOAA.com so this really won't turn out too bad. I love the outdoors and hiking so Seven Falls will be a great experience probably will make for some good pictures as well. The zoo will be cool seeing as I have only ever been to Reid Park Zoo in Tucson Arizona, and the less than spectacular Pueblo Zoo. Also there will be enough time to meet up with my folks and have some lunch sometime today, and they are staying in the Broadmore so maybe we will be able to walk around there tonight, a great St. Patrick's day lineup.

First off

It is currently my spring break and I am at home. Home is the San Luis Valley, which hosts the Great Sand Dunes, The Rio Grande River, Zapata Falls, Pennitente Canyon, Potatoes, The Sangre De Cristo Mountains, The San Juan Mountains acres of national forest and the little known UFO Watchtower.

It is good to be home, but it is spring break and although the vernal equinox is nearing the weather here in the valley is not exactly spring material if you know what I mean. So I am thinking about actually heading west or south, (because moving farther away from the equator means colder weather and all that lie east is impenetrable Midwest farmland) and possibly becoming known as a snowbird I understand this, but who doesn't want warm weather for spring break? My budget reflects that of a college student who lifeguards at the YMCA, and does a little lab monitor work one night a week, so the possibilities of travel do indeed come to an end. My girlfriend and I have figured two options for travel, northern Arizona, or southwestern Utah. I suppose if those plans fail there is always Colorado Springs right?