Michael Phelps ain’t got nothin on me!

Today we drove down to Colorado Springs. We started our journey at the USA Olympic Training Center and went on a little tour of the facilities. There was a lot of things we didn’t get to see and what we did get to see we saw through glass windows, but it was really cool.

After we got our fill of Olympic spirit we went to the nearby Garden of the Gods which is a big park with a ton of hiking and cool rock formations. It reminded me of Zions or Arches but not near as big. In the gift store they have these large buckets of dirt you can buy and then you go outside and they have these sifters so you can go through the dirt and find cool stones like pyrite, hematite, amethysts, etc. I must have picked a good bucket because ours was full of cool stuff.

In the visitors center they were having a little car show with some cool cars. I think it is just a group of car enthusiasts with classic cars that all just get together to show off their cars.

Tonight we are having steaks made on the brand new grill with corn on the cob and pasta salad. Continuing on the theme of places I haven’t eaten forever, we ate lunch at Dunkin Donuts. There is a picture of the Dunkin Donuts sign as well as many other pictures in the Colorado Day 2 photo album.