Our vacation

Monday we arrived in Denver around 10 a.m.; rental car shuttle and waiting in line took a while, so we finally got on the road around 11. E 470, I25 toward Denver. Rental car is a PT Cruiser. We had a choice of yellow or gray, so we took gray. Flight was fine; I had my usual spicy tomato juice (No V8; I got "bloody mary mix), and cashews, snack mix and a pistachio biscotti. I ordered the movie "Once," but I think I also ordered "Live Free or Die Hard" by mistake. So I watched "Once," which I really liked, and the end of "Die Hard" and got what I expected.

We arrive in Colorado Springs and meet M&K at their law offices downtown. Mo, their adorable black lab, goes to work with them. We spent time with him while they finished their work. On to their house...

M&K's mountain house is incredible! I love the deck, I love the porch swing, I love the view!

We change, gather rain gear just in case (it was raining up at house), and we go to Garden of the Gods and watch a movie on the geology that created these cool formations.

Garden of the Gods -- massive sandstone formations. Shapes that look like kissing camels, and the famous balancing rock, where we took pictures like ubertourists, pretending to hold it up. P used his head to "hold" it.

We ate at The Loop, a Mexican restaurant known for huge margaritas. We of course did not imbibe so that was a moot point. K&M had enchiladas with mole sauce, Paul had some variety of steak, and I had shrimp Puerto Vallerto, which was shrimp wrapped in bacon and grilled, served with veggies.

We stopped at store to buy food for morning, and Ben & Jerry's ice cream for dessert. I did not need the ice cream because we ate plenty all day. But we never did open the ice cream, we we sat around and talked until I nodded off on the couch. After the second time my eyes closed they made me go to bed.

I wrote this Tuesday morning, while having my cup of coffee out on M&K's deck overlooking the woods. It was a sunny but chilly morning, with a brisk breeze.