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Day 7 My daughter and Hubby have problems sometimes with altitude and motion. Our next big thing was the Pikes Peak Cog Railway. I was able to procure engineer’s row seats for three of us. Hubby insisted that my mom, Liz, and I take those seats although I’d purchased them…
Day 5 Monday morning was dedicated to the thing that brought us to Colorado Springs—Focus on the Family! My daughter has wanted to visit the headquarters, which houses a fabulous bookstore and “Whit’s End,” the setting of Adventures in Odyssey, one of her all-time favorite broadcasts. We spent several hours…
Day 3 We decided to start the day exploring the Manitou Cliff Dwellings in nearby Manitou Springs. Visitors can climb all through the well-preserved cliff dwellings and spend hours in the multi-story gift shop. After a tasty lunch at Mediterranean Café in downtown Colorado Springs, we shopped the local spots…
Day 1 We’d found two rooms at the Westin, Denver Airport. After a delicious breakfast at the Fig & Olive, hubby obtained our rental van, and off we went to explore every independent bookstore in Denver for book-loving daughter. We ended up at Union Station’s Tattered Cover. By then, we…
A few weeks ago, our baby girl’s graduation trip (a gift from my mom) started out a little rocky, pun intended. “Arthur,” the first tropical storm of 2026, began threatening our plans to fly to Denver Thursday morning on Wednesday. I was walking out the door to go to Bible…
On recent trip to Philadelphia, PA, Hubby and I had no definite plans besides meetings and a conference for him. I had not decided on anything for the short trip. The moment we landed, a conversation started behind us. “So why are you in Philadelphia this week?” “I’m here for…
Last week, as the temps were warming up in Mississippi and the garden was begging for new plants, I joined hubby for a trip to chilly Philadelphia, PA. We arrived Thursday afternoon following the “bomb blizzard.” Snow was piled up everywhere, but it was rapidly melting, leaving very wet streets…
The Greenbrier has never been on my bucket list, but it does have a very impressive history in our relatively young nation that makes a visit worthwhile. Hubby had booked our room in January; however, the only place that was available when we arrived after our jaunt down I-64 from…
After our quick visit to Monticello and UVA, Hubby and I drove the scenic route to White Sulfur Springs, WV, for his conference at The Greenbrier. The drive on Hwy 64 West through glorious autumn-colored leaves encouraged us to drop our need to follow a plan and add a little…
I’m picking up again on our series of trips that hubby and I took in October 2025. We left Chicago on October 22 and flew to Charlottesville, VA, for the next conference at The Greenbrier in White Sulfur Springs, WV. In Charlottesville, we checked into a delightful little boutique hotel–The…