Hanging out in Colorado Springs

This week was a start working on school again week as the kids had off for most of a month as we were getting started and doing lots of sightseeing and seeing friends and family. We're not sure what school is going to be like on the road, but we are sure that they need to keep up with some subjects, especially math and language.

While the kids were doing school, I was knocking out a honey do list at my parents, and trying to get our Mi-fi fixed so we could get Internet. 

We are staying at the beautiful Air Force Academy campground, but there is no Wi-Fi here, only a couple of small Mi-fi signals at the laundry facilities that don't reach more than a few yards away. Of course most of you know who have Windows 10 installed, there have been a few updates lately and they have been slowing our computers down or even making them inoperable while the download is in progress. We had to take our computers over to my parents place the last few times we went, to take advantage of their fast Internet to get them done. This and our own slow Internet and life in general have made it hard to post lately, hence why so many came at once. I wrote them when they happened but couldn't upload them with any pictures, so I just waited.

We've been able to do a little exploring after school and toured the Air Force Academy, and also hiked around the Garden of the Gods. We even saw a deer that didn't seem too woried that we were there, or that some other hikers had dogs nearby (the dogs didn't bark though so I'm sure that helped).

Air Force Academy Cadet Chapel

Mountains behind the Academy

Hiking through garden of the Gods

Not so afraid deer.

Iconic Pic from Garden of the Gods Parkway

Nice wide roads with bike and hiking paths. One way roads.

The must do pics at Balanced Rock in Garden of the Gods.

I think this one might make it to our Christmas Cards. ;)

Son still loves Airplanes, even ones on the play set in the campground. (I talked him into this one)

Our Explorer is fixed, but I'm finding new problems with the Bronco. This would be a good place and time to fix it, but the bills are adding up fast. The Explorer fix needed a shop cause it was out of my realm, and 45 year old Bronco parts aren't cheap, but necessary. Guess I know what I'll be working on in a couple of weeks after the holiday.

We are going to be in Westcliff Colorado till just before Thanksgiving, visiting my sister at her place up in the mountains. It's beautiful there and the deer just walk through their property and look in the windows of their house. It will be a great week.