Colorado 2010 - Day 1

On Day 1 of our trip to Colorado, we took the 6am flight and landed in Denver at 7:30am. Upon landing, we were not really sure exactly what we wanted to do that day. While getting our rental car (a very nice Buick Enclave) the lady at the counter mentioned that her favorite things to see were in Colorado Springs. That sounded good to us, so we unpacked our TomTom and headed in that direction (the sales lady also secretly loaded up our rental car with every insurance coverage known to man, but that is another story).
We weren't really sure what Garden of the Gods was, so when we pulled up we had to go to the visitors center to know for sure. It is just a little area with some massive red rocks that are cool. We also got to try out our new umbrella stroller that we bought for the trip.






Pikes Peak in the distance:
Our next adventure was to drive just a few miles away and go to Cave of the Winds. I remembered the commercials from when I was a kid, and also that it was extremely expensive to go there (not sure how or why I remembered that). It was fun there, but a bit commercialized, and quite expensive. We had to carry Andreas through the cave since they wouldn't allow strollers, but he seemed to like it down there, luckily for us.



Our last stop was to have dinner at Casa Bonita. It was really fun since it was exactly as I had remembered it as a kid. The only problem was that the food was quite nasty. The beans tasted like cigarette butts, and the rest of it was not much better. But the sopaipillas were plentiful and good -- those did not disappoint! We also were seated right next to the diving pool and saw a few of their little shows. Saul even went through Black Bart's cave!
The Dinner:
The Sopaipillas:

Black Bart's Cave:
In front of the puppet theater:

The diving show from our table: