Friday Field Trip - Aspen Valley Ranch

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Last Sunday, we went down the road a piece to the Aspen Valley Ranch, which is 300+ acres of open space. Our daughter, Nicole Drummer is on their advisory board, and she invited us to check things out. It was a special "open house" sponsored by  UpaDowna  which promotes outdoor activities. So, we were outdoors, and we were active.

It was windy, and not very sunny, but I did take some pictures to share with you.

Friday Field Trip - Pikes Peak

Today I'm over at Savvy Authors with a blog about R.U.E.

Yesterday I mentioned that Hubster took charge of our anniversary reservations. We stayed at the Cliff House in Manitou Springs, which was a very elegant change from Divide establishments. Wait. There are no hotels in Divide. Anyway, here's a glimpse of our room. Note the turndown service in the last one. And something I've never seen before. They laid little foot mats at each side of the bed. Not that the floor was cold--it's summer and there was carpeting.

We wandered around town for a while. This is one of the old cog railroad engines.

The next day, we went to the Cog Railway for our trip up to the Pikes Peak Summit. This is what the new trains look like: